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Valentina Quintero

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Valentina Quintero
Born
Valentina Quintero Montiel

28 June 1954
Occupation(s)Journalist, television hostess, writer

Valentina Quintero Montiel (born 28 June 1954) is a Venezuelan journalist and environmental activist, explored Venezuela's most emblematic places, hosted radio and television shows and wrote books, diaries, magazines and newspapers.[1]

Biography

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She is the daughter of Tony Quintero and Ana Carlota Montiel de Quintero, and has two older siblings, Cristóbal and Susana, and two younger siblings, Inés and Antonio.

She was educated at the Colegio San José de Tarbes "La Florida" in Caracas, from kindergarten to the fifth year of humanities, and continued her studies at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, graduating in 1976 with a degree in social communication, audiovisual mention.

With the Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho Scholarship, she completed a Master's degree in Educational Technology at Boston University in the United States.

In 1980, after several medical treatments to increase her fertility, her only daughter, Arianna Arteaga Quintero, was born.

In 1981, without neglecting the attention that motherhood demanded, she returned to Venezuela to pursue her goal: "What ignited my spirit was education through audiovisual media to change the world". In 1982 she began working at the National Library alongside Virginia Betancourt, where she remained for seven years.

Career

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Her first incursion in television was in “Valentina TV”, on CMT. It did not last long due to the channel's problems. In 1994, the television program Bitácora [es] was aired once a month, on Sundays on RCTV, which continued airing for over fifteen years.[2]

In 2018, she was chosen as one of the 100 most influential women of the year according to the BBC.[3]

References

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  1. ^ osnellysancchez (2022-04-01). "Valentina Quintero llegó a Ciudad Bolívar para visitar "rincones de mi ciudad"". Soy Nueva Prensa Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  2. ^ "Biografías: Valentina Quintero". Revista Venezolana (in Spanish). 2021-07-04. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  3. ^ "Valentina Quintero percibe como regalo ser de las mujeres más influyentes". El Nacional. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
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