About me and my blog

Hello. 👋
I’m Kim Vallee! A Storytelling Strategist focused on business storytelling and explaining city-related issues.

Here, I make sense of how cities shape our stress, routines, mobility, well-being, and economic opportunity. My aim is to spark conversations and shift views on what makes daily life harder or easier. You might be surprised by how small, thoughtful changes can make a big difference in our collective and individual well-being.

I’ve spent my career where tech, design, and communication meet. After a successful career in UX design and product strategy, I took an unexpected turn and became a blogger. And I loved it!

When I started blogging in 2007, I didn’t expect the impact At Home with Kim Vallée, my stylish living and entertaining-at-home blog, would have on my life. For seven years, I lived and breathed the world of publishing, media relations, and marketing. That led to collaborations with major brands and agencies, consulting projects, columns for traditional media, and numerous interviews as a featured guest.

Over the years, my focus evolved from what happens in the comfort of our homes to what happens in public spaces. Today, I apply everything I learned working in UX, business, and publishing to reframe how we think about cities and the roles they play in our lives.

Why should you care? Because what happens in your cities—and to them—shapes your lives now and in the years to come.