Valerie has a Certificate of Completion in Human Services from Las Positas College and is a Certified Christian Lay Counselor with 20 years experience teaching self development, personal growth, and facilitating 12 Step Recovery.

She has spent over 20 years researching and successfully applying principles of physical and emotional recovery and personal growth to her own life and has over 10 years experience teaching others the principles she has learned. 

Married for over 23 years, she lives with her husband Jim in Livermore, CA with their menagerie of pets in their dream home.