Vanessa I. Soto ’85

Vanessa died Aug. 2, 2023.

She was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and came to Princeton from Academia Maria Reina. At Princeton, Vanessa majored in economics and was a member of Campus and later Dial Lodge. Outside the classroom, her first love was golf, and she was a member of the women’s golf team. She also loved to dance, something she did frequently at Acción Puertorriqueña y Amigos parties.

After Princeton, Vanessa attended Boston College, earning an MBA in 1988 and a law degree in 1989. In 1991, she was admitted to the bar in Massachusetts, Puerto Rico, the U.S. District Court, for the District of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She had a law practice in San Juan specializing in tax law for several years.

More recently Vanessa had been dealing with health issues and at the time of her death was living with her family in San Juan. The class extends its deepest sympathy to her parents, Arnaldo and Ivette Soto; brother Arnaldo; sister Shirley; and other family and friends.