Valerie Steele is a 2021-2022 Teach Plus Mississippi Policy Fellow and an 8th grade teacher at Brandon Middle School in Brandon. Valerie also sponsors the Brandon Middle School Special Olympics club, Unify. Valerie was a recipient of a Mississippi Public Educators Classroom Grant, allowing her to introduce Equine Facilitated Learning into the public school system. She holds a certification for Equine Facilitated Learning Level One through the Human Equine Relationship Development Institute, earned her BS in Communication from University of Texas at Arlington, an MPPA in Public Policy and Administration from Jackson State University, Mississippi and is currently a doctoral student in Public Policy and Administration at Mississippi State University, Starkville.
