Vanessa Hernandez, O.D., received her Bachelor of Science from The College of New Jersey and earned her Doctorate of Optometry from SUNY College of Optometry in New York, NY. She went on to complete a residency with a focus on primary care and ocular disease at the Bronxcare Health System in New York, NY. She went on to become a clinical instructor at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai Hospital and serve as faculty for SUNY College of Optometry before settling in Charleston, South Carolina.