Val is a (recovering) philosopher, still working it out. In the summer of 2021, she graduated from the B.Phil Philosophy programme at Oxford, with a thesis on ancient Greek and Babylonian conceptions of language, truth, and knowledge. Before Oxford, Val completed her undergraduate degree in Philosophy and English at the New College of the Humanities. She is looking for ways to shake up academia, take ideas out into the public sphere and push disciplinary boundaries. She is also a co-organiser of Oxford Public Philosophy, and a member of Philiminality Oxford.