ABOUT.

VALERIE IS AN ARTIST WITH A RANGE OF INTERESTS SPANNING ACROSS THE DISCIPLINES OF ART, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, AND HISTORY. 

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SHE GRADUATED FROM YALE UNIVERSITY WITH TWO BACHELORS IN ART WITH A CONCENTRATION IN PAINTING, AND MOLECULAR CELLULAR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY.

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SHE HOLDS A MASTERS FROM RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN IN GLOBAL ARTS AND CULTURE, WHERE HER RESEARCH EXPLORED THE TRANSMISSION OF COLONIAL TRAUMA AT THE US-MEXICO BORDER THROUGH EPIGENETICS AND WEAVING.

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SHE IS A RECIPIENT OF THE RICHARD U. LIGHT FELLOWSHIP (JAPAN, 2019), YALE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS AWARD (2020), AND RISD FELLOWSHIP (2021).

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SHE'S BEEN THE ILLUSTRATION EDITOR OF YALE DAILY NEWS (2018-2020), AND A MEMBER OF THE YALE SLAVIC CHORUS (2018-2021). 

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MOST RECENTLY, SHE WORKED AT A HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AFFILIATE LAB STUDYING EPIGENETIC PRECURSORS FOR DIABETES. 

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CURRENTLY, VALERIE IS INSTRUCTING ART TO CHILDREN IN HOSPICE ACROSS VARIOUS CLINICS IN ARIZONA, AND LIKES TO GIVE GALLERY TALKS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PRACTICES. SHE ALSO IS A COFOUNDER, ILLUSTRATOR, AND WRITER FOR JUNGLE PUBLICS. IN HER FREE TIME, SHE LOVES TO READ, WRITE, AND LISTEN TO MUSIC WITH HER PET CAT, EVIE.