Valeria began to draw driven by the desire to capture the poetry of everyday things: the children and dogs' glance, the shape of plants, the sound of the autumn dry leaves and the aroma of breakfast. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, her academic background is in Fine Arts. She graduated from the University of Buenos Aires with a degree in Graphic Design & Visual Communication, where she practiced as a teacher. Over the past 6 years she has been dedicated to children illustration. She has illustrated for many publishers in Argentina, Mexico, Puerto Rico, USA, Great Britain, France, Belgium, Spain and Greece. In her work she uses both manual and digital techniques and investigates the use of new methods and materials in a constant pursuit of new expressive forms. Recently she was honored to participate in the exposition of the 30 most representative illustrators of Argentina at Bologna Children Bookfair's 2008. One of her last books "La Grande Fabrique de Mots" has been published in 9 languages: French, Dutch, Slovenian, Korean, Chinese, English, German, Spanish and Catalan.
