Valentina Gomez Age, Biography

Some Lesser Known Facts About Valentina Gomez

• In 2009, Valentina Gomez moved to New Jersey, United States, from Medellin, Colombia, with her family.

• During her high school years, she was a top swimmer, qualifying at the national level as a junior. She was a member of the Colombian National Team.
  

  An old picture of Valentina Gomez

• In 2015, Valentina Gomez qualified for the 2015 World Junior Championship held in Singapore.

• After that, she became the captain of the Hudson Catholic swim team.

• Valentina Gomez was the president of the Spanish Club.

• She was named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of her high school swim team.

  

  Valentina Gomez on the poster of Tulane Athletics (swimming)

• After completing her formal education, she worked as a real estate investor for some time.

• In August 2016, Valentina Gomez began working as a volunteer swimming coach for children at Special Olympics.

• From 2016 to 2017, at Central Connecticut State University, she was second in the mile swim with a time of 17:13.45 and came fourth in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:05.70 at the Northeast Conference Championships.

• She was named Rookie of the Week three times in the Northeast Conference.
  

  Valentina Gomez during a swimming championship

• At Bryant, she finished third in the 1,000-yard freestyle and fifth in the 500-yard freestyle.

• At Northeastern, she placed second in the 100 freestyle (10:35.44), second in the 200 butterfly (2:07.95), and third in the 500 freestyle (5:13.55).

• She won the 200-yard butterfly at CCSU’s Tri-Meet against Wagner and Bryant, and was second in the 1,650 freestyle.

  

  An old picture of Valentina Gomez in a swimming costume

• She has also worked at Nestlé Purina from October 2021 to June 2024 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, where she focused on financial and strategic improvement.

• In January 2017, Valentina Gomez co-founded Fundación Flor de Mayo in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. She worked in the company till October 2021.

• From August 2019 to May 2021, she served as Vice President of the Hispanic Business Council at Tulane, New Orleans, Louisiana.

• In August 2019, Valentina Gomez joined the Hispanic Business Council Community Outreach at Habitat for Humanity International as a volunteer.

• After that, she became known on social media for performing violent stunts and making offensive statements about Muslims, LGBT+ people, Black Americans, and immigrants.
  

  Valentina Gomez while speaking and showing guns in a still from a video

• Reportedly, these stunts were intended to get public attention to grow her political career.

• In December 2024, Valentina Gomez shared a video on social media that showed a fake execution of an immigrant dummy tied to a chair with a black bag on its head.

• In the video, she said that illegal immigrants who commit serious crimes against Americans should be executed in public instead of being deported.

  

  Valentina Gomez while showing a fake execution of an immigrant dummy tied to a chair with a black bag on its head

• Valentina Gomez has also spoken against Black Americans, telling them to leave the country if they do not like it.

• She once mocked Juneteenth, the holiday that marks the end of slavery. She called it ‘the most ratchet holiday.’

• In February 2024, Valentina Gomez performed an anti-LBGTQ+ act by using a flamethrower to burn a pile of LGBTQ+ books.

  

  Valentina Gomez while burning some LGBTQ+ books

• She started her political career in 2024 when she contested for Missouri Secretary of State. She finished in sixth place and received only 7.4% of the total votes.

• After that, Valentina Gomez lost several elections and was banned many times from social media for hate speech. Reportedly, she works on building her image as a divisive far-right figure.

• She is fluent in English, French, and Spanish.