Valeria was born in South Africa and graduated with an HDE from Edgewood College of Education. After teaching in South Africa, she moved on to Poland, where she obtained an EFL from a college in Poznan, and then Belgium. She has been at BISB since 2003 and has taught from Reception to Year 5. She is currently the school librarian.

In her free time, she enjoys hand crafts and spending time in the Belgian Ardennes.