Vanessa Phillips is the youth pastor of ReaLife student ministries.  She grew up in Las Vegas, NV and was a part of a school of ministry after high school.  She moved to Phoenix, AZ when she was 21 years old to do youth ministry and young adult ministry.  She met her husband Shawn when she was 26 years old and they were married a year later in 2015.  They have a 6 year old daughter named Kailyn and a one year old daughter named Emily and they have been married for 9 years.  Vanessa is ordained as a minister with the Assemblies of God and has her bachelors degree in pastoral ministry from Evangel University.  Vanessa is passionate about seeing the next generation transformed by the power of Jesus.  She is passionate about growing leaders and teaching students how to be leaders for Jesus within their world.