Valerie Alexander
Valerie Alexander is an author, speaker, coach, filmmaker and creator of the acclaimed "...as a Second Language" book series, the first of which, "Happiness as a Second Language: A Guidebook to Achieving Lasting, Permanent Happiness," is an Amazon Top Seller in the Happiness and Self-Help categories. Valerie can be reached through her website, SpeakHappiness.com. Valerie started her career in the Silicon Valley where she worked on some of the most important transactions of the Internet era as a...See more
Valerie Alexander is an author, speaker, coach, filmmaker and creator of the acclaimed "...as a Second Language" book series, the first of which, "Happiness as a Second Language: A Guidebook to Achieving Lasting, Permanent Happiness," is an Amazon Top Seller in the Happiness and Self-Help categories. Valerie can be reached through her website, SpeakHappiness.com. Valerie started her career in the Silicon Valley where she worked on some of the most important transactions of the Internet era as a securities lawyer, an investment banker and an Internet executive. As a screenwriter, Valerie has worked with Joel Schumacher, Catherine Zeta Jones, Barry Sonnenfeld, Ice Cube and others. She co-wrote, produced and directed the award-winning short film, Making the Cut, as well as more than 50 commercials and public service announcements. Valerie received her B.A. from Trinity University and her J.D. and M.S. degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. In the spring of 2010, she was invited back to Berkeley Law to teach the legal ethics seminar, "Representation of Law in Film." Valerie lives in Los Angeles with her husband, writer-producer Rick Alexander, and their ill-mannered German Shepherd, Pepper. See less