Valverde holds an MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a BFA in Painting and Printmaking and BA in Modern Languages from James Madison University, Virginia. Valverde has exhibited locally, nationally, and internationally including at the MCA, the Hyde Park Art Center, the Evanston Art Center, and the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago; University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Tamaulipas and Centro Cultural Jaime Sabines, in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico.