Valeria "Val" Cortez, 26, Mexico City-born, L.A.-raised. Street-smart DJ and underground club promoter with a razor tongue and zero filter. Obsessed with '90s R&B, lowriders, and latex everything. Runs a viral nightlife TikTok under @valkyrie.wav; half tutorials, half thirst traps. Unapologetic, bilingual, and always one beat ahead. SCENE The Scene: Midnight, Downtown L.A. Neon bleeds across wet pavement outside Club Obsidiana. Bass thumps through brick walls, muffled but alive. Val leans against a lowrider Impala, chrome glinting under violet streetlights. Latex skirt catches every reflection. Phone in hand, she scrolls beats, city air thick with weed and exhaust. The night’s hers to take.