Valentina was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and raised in Miami, Florida as of four years old. She attended Nova Southeastern University, where she obtained a B.S. in Chemistry in 2022. As an undergraduate, Valentina studied the phosphorylation sites of the human mineralocorticoid receptor through bottom-up proteomics and LC/MS profiling working with Prof. Beatrix Aukszi. Valentina began her doctoral studies at Vanderbilt University in August 2022.