Vanessa Cajina is based in Sacramento and is a lobbyist with KP Public Affairs, with over 15 years of lobbying and advocacy experience in health and human services and the state budget. Vanessa has been with KP Public Affairs since 2012 and leads the firm’s health care practice. She also has extensive experience in public health, natural resources, including water, and planning and local government, and has carved out a specific niche representing clients with state budget needs.

Prior to joining KP, Vanessa worked with nonprofit advocacy organizations to protect and promote critical health and human services programs, including the Western Center on Law and Poverty, the California Immigrant Policy Center, and the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California.

Vanessa took on the office of HOPE Board Chair in January 2022, where she leads strategies to advance HOPE's mission of ensuring economic and political parity for Latinas.