MEDIA & FEATURES
Conversations, media appearances, and talks on lived experience, systems change, and ethical engagement.
FEATURED IN
Featured in TEDx, The Imprint, The Courier Journal, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Motherly, and more.
SELECTED MEDIA & APPEARANCES
FEATURED TEDx TALK
Authority Is Lived, Not Given — TEDxLakeAlfred 2026
Authority is Lived, Not Given: Valerie Frost's TEDxLakeAlfred 2026 on redefining credibility, leadership, and who gets to shape the systems that govern our lives.
Podcast & Media Appearances
Hosted Platform
Community In-Site Podcast (Host)
Valerie hosts conversations with leaders advancing the future of family well-being and systems change.
The Shift: Voices of Prevention (Prevent Child Abuse America)
Featured guest on prevention, community, and lived experience.
Overloaded: Understanding Neglect
Guest appearance exploring systems impact and the role of narrative in shaping understanding.
Articles & Publications
The Imprint - The Accountability Black Hole in Child Welfare
Lexington Herald Leader - Parent voices can and will transform Kentucky’s child welfare system
Prevent Child Abuse America - The Child Tax Credit Families Really Need — Information Brief
Motherly -
I’m a single mom—and I’m judged differently on my parenting because of it.
Courier Journal
Shared parenting, policy nuance, and why one-size-fits-all approaches miss where safety lives.
