Fast forward several years and Valentina was ready to make her dream a reality.  She packed her bags, left Albuquerque and headed north to Davenport, Iowa where she attended Black x Brave Wrestling Academy.  It was here that she was trained by Marek Brave and another man you may have heard of...former WWE Champion Seth Rollins.  She would go on to be the only female to graduate from her class when her training was complete in 2017.

It wasn't long after she graduated from the wrestling academy that she garnered a WWE Tryout on SmackDown!  She wrestled a local talent in a dark match and, even though she did not get a spot in WWE at that time, she received lots of valuable feedback from WWE.  They gave her feedback on her ring-gear, which she admitted needed some sprucing up, and their advice also helped her to find herself as a wrestler.  This is made even more impressive by the fact that her WWE tryout came after only six months of performing in a wrestling ring!

Valentina loves playing a Babyface and being an influence to other girls who come to watch her wrestle.  She was inspired by Bret Hart picking a child during each entrance and giving them his sunglasses and by Rey Mysterio who would stop on his way to the ring and have a chat with a child, so she picks a small child that's really excited and cheering loudly and she let's them wear her "Good Vibes" hat during the match and the lucky child is always super pumped to have been picked to be the one to wear Valentina's hat while they cheer her on in the ring.

Although she's been wrestling since 2017, Valentina says she's only been wrestling consistently for three years due to the Covid-19 pandemic limiting her to only a couple of matches in 2020.  In her short time wrestling, she's already fulfilled one of her dreams by wrestling in Canada and she thinks that wrestling in Mexico someday would be fun.

What you see in the ring is, for all intents and purposes, the real Valentina...she simply turns her personality up to 150 or 200% to give the fans the best show possible.  She loves to entertain and gives her all every match no matter how many people are in the seats.  She's thrilled to be back wrestling now that the pandemic rules have been loosening and allowing for wrestling shows to take place.

Outside of the ring, Valentina used to work a 9-5 job in retail and customer service but she decided this year to leave those things behind and concentrate on her wrestling career.   She has been wrestling 1-2 times per week and supplements her income by doing Door Dash, as well as freelance work as a Graphic Designer.  She says "I'm not homeless yet so I think I made the right decision."

2021 has seen Valentina debut for the Midget Wrestling Warriors and she's been involved in some heavy-hitting, action-packed matches with the likes of fellow Midget Wrestling Warriors Zoey Skye and Danika Della Rouge.  Could a run as Midget Wrestling Warriors Women's Champion be in the cards for 2022?  With her determination and skillset, we wouldn't be surprised to see Valentina wearing the coveted title around her waist when the Midget Wrestling Warriors "Evolution" Tour invades cities around the globe in 2022!