Chloé Simone Valdary is an American writer and entrepreneur whose company, Theory of Enchantment, teaches social and emotional learning in schools, as well as diversity and inclusion in companies and government agencies.

[1] Valdary grew up in New Orleans, in a family that belonged to the Seventh-Day Sabbatarian Christian Intercontinental Church of God.

[2] In 2015, Valdary graduated magna cum laude from the University of New Orleans, earning a BA in international studies.

[citation needed] Before 2015, she served as a Robert L. Bartley Fellow and Tikvah fellow under journalist and political commentator Bret Stephens at The Wall Street Journal.

[7][8] In addition to The Wall Street Journal,[9] Valdary has written articles for The New York Times[10] and The Atlantic magazine.