Valerie Freseman is a native New Yorker and a member of the 4th Universalist Society in Manhattan. She has been active in the NYC Neo-Pagan
Community for twenty years as a Priestess and organizer for NYC Pagan Pride. She received her MDiv from Union Theological Seminary in May of 2014, where she was one of the student leaders behind the seminary’s decision to divest from fossil fuels in 2014. Currently, she is a candidate for Unitarian Universalist ministry and the Youth Program Coordinator for two Bergen County, NJ Unitarian Universalist congregations. In the fall, she will begin her ministerial internship at the First Unitarian Society of Cleveland.