Valerie was performing her own music as early as age 15, when she opened for Johnny Rivers. As a teenager she played guitar and sang in several acoustic harmony acts, and worked as a solo performer as well. Valerie then put her guitar away for a while and fronted a series of bands. Living in Boston after attending the Art Institute of Boston, Valerie toured the New England club circuit in a top 40 lounge act and over the years has sung in a jazz combo, a funk-r&b band and a country rock band.

Today Valerie has come back full circle to her acoustic roots, writing and recording original songs. She cites Nashville songwriters Beth Nielsen-Chapman, Kim Richey, Angela Kaset and Hal Ketchum as current influences.

Shes been compared to Linda Rondstadt, Trisha Yearwood and even Cher with her sultry alto voice. Her stage-saavy performances have delighted audiences from Disney World to the Bluebird Café as she delivers her sassy tunes. But shes not just a pretty voice: shes won numerous songwriting awards including First Prize in the USA Songwriting Competition, Country Category, out of a field of 700 international entries, 1997 and 1998 Songwriter of the Year from the Northeast CMA, and 1999s First Prize in the Great American Song Contest (Country). Valerie has performed in the Lilith Fair Talent Showcase, WGNAs CountryFest featuring Martina McBride, the Bluebird Café and has done an upstate NY Wal-Mart Tour. Shes produced the All Girl Music Revue, featuring regional female singer-songwriters.

After three independent CD releases, she was signed in 1999 to Relentless Nashville Records, and released her debut CD, "Theyll Never Know" in 2000 with the single and video for "Hey! Thats My Kiss," which was praised by Billboard Magazine and CMT Magazine. She stars in the Times Unions "Were Your Source" campaign television commercial and continues her monthly trek to the songwriters Mecca, Nashville, to co-write and record songs to pitch to other artists.