Vani Gnanam lives in Atlanta, Georgia. She has her undergraduate degree from Florida State University and her law degree from The Ohio State University.

She is a staff attorney at Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation where she does eviction defense for low-income tenants in the Atlanta metro area. The national park she would most like to visit is Carlsbad Caverns National Park. In her spare time, she enjoys trying different restaurants around Atlanta, playing video games and board games with friends and working out and staying fit.