Valerie is a Venezuelan American poet and bookmaker from Hallandale Beach, Florida. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Notre Dame and is a recipient of the Samuel and Mary Ann Hazo Award for Poetry.

Her manuscript, Anthology of Wildflowers, was a finalist for the Birdcoat Quarterly + Ghost Peach Press 2022 Book Contest and a semi-finalist for the 2022 Anzaldúa Poetry Prize by Newfound.