Valeria has obtained a Bachelor of Science in Global Sustainability Science (2019) at Utrecht University and a Master of Science in Climate Studies (2021) at Wageningen University & Research. As of February 2022 she started pursuing her PhD in the Pathways2Resilience project supervised by prof. dr. Marjolijn Haasnoot, prof. dr. Hans Middelkoop and dr. Francis Dunn. In this PhD project she develops an adaptation pathways planning approach to support local transformative adaptation. She is an external PhD candidate at Utrecht University and is affiliated with Deltares.