Rugovaj Valentina is from Bar, where she finished primary and secondary school. She finished her basic and specialist studies at the Faculty of Law of the University of Montenegro in Podgorica.

She started her work engagement as an intern at the Tax Administration in Bar, where she worked for a year. After that, she started working at the NGO Pravni Centar, where she worked on many projects, and for the longest time on projects financed by the UNHCR. She worked as a legal advisor and provided free legal assistance to displaced and internally displaced persons in Montenegro, persons at risk of statelessness, victims of domestic violence and asylum seekers.

She has been engaged in the Civil Alliance since January 2025 as a legal advisor on the project “Free legal aid to forcibly displaced persons and persons without citizenship”.

She is married and has two children, and she likes to spend her free time with her family.