Chloé Simone Valdary is an American writer and

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whose company, Theory of Enchantment, teaches social and emotional learning in schools, as well as diversity and inclusion in companies and government agencies.

Early life and education

Valdary grew up in

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

, in a family that belonged to the

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Christian Intercontinental Church of God. In 2015, Valdary graduated '' magna cum laude'' from the

University of New Orleans The University of New Orleans (UNO) is a public research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is a member of the University of Louisiana System and the Urban 13 association. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High rese ...

, earning a BA in international studies.

Career

Valdary founded a pro-Israel student group, Allies of Israel, while a student at the

. Over the years, she has participated in debates where she represented the

Zionist Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת ''Tsiyyonut'' after '' Zion'') is a nationalist movement that espouses the establishment of, and support for a homeland for the Jewish people centered in the area roughly corresponding to what is known in Je ...

perspective. She is from a Zionist school of thought akin to

Rudy Rochman Rudy Israel Rochman ( he, רודי ישראל רושמן; born ) is a Israeli Jews, Jewish-Israeli rights activist. Early life Rochman's maternal grandparents were Sephardi Jews, Sephardic Jews from North Africa and his paternal grandparents w ...

. Before 2015, she served as a Robert L. Bartley Fellow and Tikvah fellow under journalist and political commentator

Bret Stephens Bret Louis Stephens (born November 21, 1973) is an American conservative journalist, editor, and columnist. He began working as an opinion columnist for ''The New York Times'' in April 2017 and as a senior contributor to NBC News in June 2017. ...

at ''

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''. In addition to ''The Wall Street Journal'', Valdary has written articles for ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...

'' and ''

The Atlantic ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...

'' magazine. Valdary has also criticized critical race theory, asserting that it fails to truly capture human complexity and oversimplifies reality.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Valdary, Chloe Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Activists from New Orleans University of New Orleans alumni African-American activists American Christian Zionists African-American writers African-American women writers 21st-century American women American anti-racism activists 21st-century African-American women