Author Details

Dr. Valerie J. De La Torre was born in Los Angeles, Ca. and raised in the small mining town of Miami, Az. She is a Grand Canyon College alumna, having graduated with a Music Ed degree with a minor in English. She also completed her Master of Divinity at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Ca. and earned a Doctorate in Formational Counseling from Ashland Theological Seminary in Ohio. Her ministry interests focus on emotional and spiritual well-being, spiritual formation, and pastoral counseling.