Valerie E.Private profile: Upwork shows its earnings only to signed-in members, so we check it every few weeks, not daily. MRR here is a rough estimate (Upwork's six-month earnings ÷ months active). Last read Nov 5, 2026.

Val is a freelance researcher, project manager, strategic designer, and community manager specializing in community-led, responsible, public interest technology development. She is the Head of Community at Reliabl, a feminist technology company building more equitable and participatory moderation systems for community platforms, which have been successfully implemented on live applications including Lips (lips.social). Lips is a social commerce platform for women, non-binary, & LGBTQIA+ creatives to share their work without biased censorship or harassment developed by the same team behind Reliabl. Val is also a Research Assistant at The Metagovernance Project where she explores the best practices and tools for online community self-governance. She also teaches yoga where she lives in Brooklyn, New York.