Valentina Quintero Montiel (born 28 June 1954) is a Venezuelan journalist and environmental activist, explored Venezuela's most emblematic places, hosted radio and television shows and wrote books, diaries, magazines and newspapers.
She was educated at the Colegio San José de Tarbes "La Florida" in Caracas, from kindergarten to the fifth year of humanities, and continued her studies at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, graduating in 1976 with a degree in social communication, audiovisual mention.
With the Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho Scholarship, she completed a Master's degree in Educational Technology at Boston University in the United States.
In 1980, after several medical treatments to increase her fertility, her only daughter, Arianna Arteaga Quintero, was born.
In 1981, without neglecting the attention that motherhood demanded, she returned to Venezuela to pursue her goal: "What ignited my spirit was education through audiovisual media to change the world".