About the Visiting Author

I am Valerie Rivera, otherwise know as VA Rivera. I live in Westchester, N.Y. with SweetiePie and Miss Tish. SP is a 10-year-old Tiger Stripe cat and Miss Tish is a Spotted Tabby 10-month-old kitten. They love to chase each other!

I am a retired Language Arts teacher, and published poet and author.

I offer poetry workshops focusing on enhancing language skills among elementary-age children. My mission is to foster a love of poems and making reading and writing poetry an enjoyable experience for all.

I believe playing with words can unlock creativity, enhance understanding, and build confidence. I carry these same beliefs into all of my professional endeavors as a Certified Conversion Copywriter, CopywriterVR, LLC.

With 30 years of educational experience, I am dedicated to empowering young minds through poems and poetry books, with activities focused on reading and writing in this empowering genre.

Your child's school will enrich students' literary learning through my Visiting Author Poetry Workshops! Here is what happens in each and every workshop:

Read, examine, discuss poetry,

Identify themes within model poems,

Create original poems,

Literature circles shared reading ...       

Ask your child's Administrator to book a visit at school soon!

Yours in Verse,

VA Rivera