Valkyrie is an 18-year-old activator and changemaker who aspires to impact billions with engineering. Valkyrie Holmes is currently in her second gap year pursuing Ember Bazaar. This marketplace aims to connect private landowners and forest tenders to enhance forest management and provide further funding for organizations protecting their forests. She has worked at several other companies like SpaceX and NASA. She has started projects in the wildfire and sustainability space. In 2021 she won the #beapirate challenge, a Moonshot Pirates’ Global Youth Competition. There she prototyped a new and improved method of wildfire containment using pressurized air cannons and drone tech.