Valentina Sandoval

Hi, I'm Valentina, from Chile. I've been writing ever since I was a girl, primarily short stories and poems. Also, I'm a keen reader, mostly of noir and detective literature. As for my academic background, I'm a lawyer, I've graduated from the Universidad de Chile, and since graduation, I've been working for a state office that handles governmental legal disputes.

It is fair to say that the time that elapsed between me graduating from school and then college, I felt the need to study something that would provide me with stability and safety for my future. I believe most of us go through this disjunction when we are just teenagers taking a decision that will most probably shape our future. But, and this is where it all turns interesting, I decided that finishing my studies and becoming a lawyer would be the key to becoming free of my teenage fears.

At this time, I'm studying for a diploma in Feature Screenplay Writing at the Universidad de Chile, and whilst that theoretical knowledge seems fundamental to me, I've found a down-to-earth education platform here from which I believe we can all benefit.