# Valerie Alexander

valerie alexander is an American author, speaker, screenwriter and director. She is also a writer for The Huffington Post.A working screenwriter since 2001, Valerie has written for Joel Schumacher, Catherine Zeta Jones, Ice Cube, and others. She directed the award-winning short film "Making the Cut", and is the creator, producer and director of "The Wedding Matters," "Say I Do," and "Life Support," three successful commercial campaigns in support of marriage equality.Her books include, "Happiness as a Second Language: A Guidebook to Achieving Lasting, Permanent Happiness", "Success as a Second Language: A Guidebook for Defining and Achieving Personal Success", and "How Women Can Succeed in the Workplace (Despite Having 'Female Brains')".Prior to becoming a writer-director and author, Valerie was a corporate securities lawyer, an investment banker and an Internet executive in the Silicon Valley.Valerie received her B.A. from Trinity University and her J.D. and M.S. degrees from U.C., Berkeley.