[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Valerie has spoken at hundreds of conferences, colleges, companies, and government, military and police agencies on the topics of unconscious bias, workplace happiness, and the advancement of women, and was one the featured Keynote speakers for the University of South Florida - Muma College of Business Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate,[13] with more than 135,000 people enrolled.
[14] Valerie is the screenwriter of “Memories of Christmas,” starring Christina Milian and Mark Taylor, [15][16] which first aired on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries in 2018.
Prior to becoming a writer-director and author, Valerie was a corporate securities lawyer, an investment banker and an Internet executive in the Silicon Valley.
In the Spring of 2010, she returned to Berkeley Law to teach "Representation of Law in Film," and was the 2016 commencement speaker for Trinity University, delivering the address, “Tiger at Heart.”[31] Before entering the professional ranks, Valerie paid for her own education working as: a horse wrangler; an algebra teacher; a runway model; a tutor for the developmentally disabled; an amusement park supervisor; an SAT, GRE & LSAT prep teacher; and a variety of food service jobs.
Valerie is a member of the Writers Guild of America, West, and lives in Los Angeles with her husband, writer-producer Rick Alexander.