Venessa grew up along the Front Range just minutes from the foothills of Pikes Peak. After a move across the country to New Orleans in 2015, and a shift of career into accounting,  since 2019 Venessa has helped MedWheel from afar with various bookkeeping duties. While there aren’t as many opportunities for riding hills in Louisiana, with her sidekick chihuahua Kit, Venessa spends her free time seeing as much live music as possible and creating her next costume for Mardi Gras.