Maggie Valera

I am an eclectic individual with diverse tastes and talents, connecting with other sentient beings on the third rock from the sunan artist of many mediums... paint, textiles, food, words, and thoughts. I run the spectrum of topics, conversations and friendships; connecting with people from all walks of life and forever enriching my souI.

I have been actively working with young adults for most of her career. In addition to being a Lifetime Girl Scout, I was also an adult volunteer, trainer, and national delegate before retiring from council duties. I'm an admin for a large (2,500+ member) group on facebook for transgender individuals, most of them teens.

At home you can find me working on blog topics and event ideas for the group, and painting my latest masterpiece. Identifying as a genderqueer humanist, I am an artist utilizing many mediums... paint, textiles, food, words and thoughts. I am an artist, writer, blogger, gourmet cook, a lover of classic rock, oldies, folk and classical music, and Harry Potter, as well as being an amateur philosopher. I have an amazing adult daughter and two beautiful fur babies, my cats Sophia and Putter; and live in serenity with nature in my hilltop home overlooking an Ohio River tributary, in scenic Wood County, West Virginia.

My dream is to live in a peaceful world where the automatic gourmet food dispensers from the vintage The Jetsons cartoons are a working and affordable reality; thus ending world hunger. 3D printers... it could happen. {shrug}