Cheri Christiansen Valerio was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She grew up in Kansas City and graduated with degrees in Accounting and Business Administration at the University of Kansas. She has been a resident of Lakewood Ranch, FL since 2001.

Cheri is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with a Masters in Healthcare Administration. Cheri began her career at KPMG specializing in the healthcare and banking industries. She transitioned to the healthcare industry full time with Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, TX. She raised two wonderful sons at home for a decade and then returned to the healthcare industry in wellness, operating a 24-employee multidisciplinary Wellness Center and Yoga Studio. During Covid, she closed the wellness center and returned to the accounting and tax industry. In addition to working at Corporate Tax Advisors as an R&D and ERC Tax Consultant, she manages the finances of LWR Pool and Paver and Sao Pedro Café. 

She enjoys helping Peter roasting, packaging and delivering coffee.  Most of all she enjoys having a perfect, freshly-roasted cup of coffee every morning prepared by Peter – the perfect start to every day together.