Her credits include production manager on the ABC TV & Foxtel documentary Missing Presumed Dead, co-creator and co-producer of the documentary series pilot Snake Wars with Beyond Productions, financed by Foxtel, A&E International and SAFC, and creator, writer and series producer of Are You Tougher than Your Ancestors?, the highly successful ABC Me original factual series produced with support from the ABC, ACTF and SAFC. The series was a finalist in the AACTA 2020 Best Children’s Program category, a professional jury prize winner at the Academy Award qualifying 2020 Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, a double nominee (for Best Factual Television Series and Best Children’s Television Program) and winner of the Best Factual Television Series at the 2020 ATOM Awards, a special merit winner at the AEAF 2020 Awards and a finalist in the Children’s Series Production of the Year category at the 2022 SPA Awards. Vanna holds a BA in Theatre and Film from UNSW, Honours (First Class) and a PhD in Creative Writing from Adelaide University and an Advanced Diploma in Screenwriting: Series Television from AFTRS.