Valerie Nguyễn Hooper

Director of Admission and Financial Aid
Contact

Phone: 413-585-7998
Email: vhooper@smith.edu
Pronouns: she/her

Valerie Nguyễn Hooper smiles at the camera.
Education

B.A., Mount Holyoke College
M.Ed., University of Massachusetts Amherst 

Biography

Valerie Nguyễn Hooper is a proud first-generation college (and graduate school) graduate. As a former educator in the private and public school sectors, Hooper is committed to education access and is particularly interested in research topics pertaining to first-generation college and graduate school attendees, Asian Americans and multiracial folks in higher education settings and the experiences of professional women in higher education.