Vanesia Amelia Sebayang was born in Medan on November 20, 1988. She is a lecturer in the Department of Ethnomusicology at the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia. She earned her Undergraduate degree in Ethnomusicology from the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Sumatera Utara, in 2011, followed by a Master's degree in Arts Studies from the Graduate Program in Arts Studies and Creation at the same university in 2013. In 2020, she completed her doctoral degree in Cultural Studies at the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali.