Participant

Participant Info

Photo
Image Description
Photo is of woman with dark hair and glasses sitting in a wheelchair in a library.
Country
USA
Website and social media
Website: https://themightyval.com/ Instagram: @valwantsdessert Twitter: @valeriepiro
Bio
Valerie is a PhD Candidate of History at Princeton University, where she studies poverty in the Middle Ages. She has been a wheelchair user since 2008, and has written about disability for the New York Times and Inside Higher Ed. Her interests include disability in higher education, inclusive education, and the history of disability in the Middle Ages.
Clips
https://themightyval.com/non-blog-writing/
Expertise
Pop Culture, Sports, Disability Rights, History, Education, Disability, Beauty
Availability
Source, Personal Essays, Opinion Editorial, Essays, Criticism, Editing, Sensitivity Reading
Additional Credentials
BA, History, Harvard College (2014) MPhil, Medieval History, University of Cambridge (2015) EdM, Higher Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education (2017) MA, History, Princeton University (2019)