Valerie is a licensed broker in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC and a graduate of the Real Estate Institute. She has been with the Buyer's Edge for ten years.

Prior to a career in real estate, Valerie was a registered nurse and is retired from the Army Nurse Corps. She has a master's degree in psychiatric nursing and practiced as a nurse psychotherapist.

Due to her love of architecture, neighborhoods and houses, Valerie chose real estate as her second career. She actively listens to each client's needs and begins an avid, yet patient, pursuit of finding the right home for each client. She combines her skills in interpersonal relations with her knowledge of real estate to assure a smooth, successful home-buying process.

Valerie has lived in the Washington, DC area for 35 years after growing up in Boston. She and her husband live in Howard County, Maryland. They have two grown children and a new granddaughter.