Biography
Valentina Raman is Co-Founder of YouthxYouth (YxY), a youth-led intergenerational learning community for education activists, and also the Co-Founder the Weaving Lab, a community of practice for weavers of learning ecosystems. Additionally, she serves as a youth development consultant for schools, NGOs and governments seeking to accelerate the process of young people influencing, designing and transforming their lives, learning experiences, and communities. Before YxY, Valentina worked at Ashoka building partnerships for their Start Empathy Initiative and Changemaker Schools network.
Based in Washington, D.C., Valentina has been actively involved in local education transformation as Board Member of EmpowerEd, a teacher-led advocacy group advancing equity in public education, and Advisor of the Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound School, expanding access to nature-based education across the region. She also served as Director of Service Learning & Social Entrepreneurship at St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School. Beyond her education-focused work, Valentina is a weaver of artists locally and globally, where she seeks to shift power and narratives through her music and writing.
