Valerie Spina is a multidisciplinary creator. As a former web3 (blockchain and crypto) professional and Ex-Fortune50 change management consultant, she started on the spiritual path through years of inquiry, seeking, and simply trying to understand the world. With a father who transitioned to a woman when she was 16, and the sexual abuse she endured as a child, she came into this world with some experiences that would truly show her the depths of the human experience. Growing up as an atheist, in a largely secular family and society, she found her way through New Age spirituality, Protestantism, theosophy, shamanism, Navajo and Lakota traditions, and eventually to Christ. Today, she attends an Eastern Orthodox Christian Church and intends to become a catechumen as soon as possible.
She has been an artist for as long as she can remember.
Today, she resides in Southwest Montana, where she met and lives with the love of her life. Her artistic soul is expressed primarily through her writing, which attempts to challenge modern disconnection and spiritual fragmentation. Her writing is direct, incisive, and spiritually grounded, guiding readers toward a life that is both practical and sacred. Drawing from lived experience, governance work in the crypto industry, and a deep commitment to personal sovereignty, she explores how individuals reclaim meaning in a culture drifting toward nihilism, secularism, consumerism, and the sacreligious.
Her photography — intimate, documentary, film-based — investigates strangers, landscapes, and desire as portals into truth. It is one of many contemplative practices she has.
Valerie is currently studying for a Certification in Spiritual Direction with the Chaplaincy Institute. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science, Minors in Business & Nonprofit Management from Virginia Commonwealth University. Additionally, she’s completed a Certification in Venture Creation with Virginia Commonwealth University’s DaVinci Program.
She has notably attended The Sorenson Institute for Political Leadership, the London School of Economics and Political Science, Leadership Fairfax’s Emerging Leaders Program, ISTA Level 1 Colorado, ISTA Level 1 Assistant Utah, Shamanic DeArmoring, Kernal Block9, Onami’s 40 Hour Training on Trauma Repair, and was an AmeriCorps Volunteer.
Valerie’s body of work spans photography, essays, ceremonial objects, spiritual direction, and sovereignty consulting (including crypto education). Across all mediums, her mission remains consistent: to help people see clearly, choose consciously, and build lives rooted in integrity, sovereignty, devotion, and creative truth.