ValU League
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A faith movement for love and life.

Become the ValUdictorian
of your life

ValU is where you raise your standard, for love and for life. Find a chapter near you, grow with your class in live sessions, and become who you’re called to be, together.

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Laterras R. Whitfield, Founder and Student Body President of ValU League
Laterras R. WhitfieldFounder & Student Body President of ValU League
Founder & Co-Host of Dear Future Wifey
Protect the standard.Enroll in yourself.Earn your value.This is an elevated you.
Laterras and Ashley Whitfield kissing at the altar on their wedding day
Laterras & Ashley Whitfield·November 2025

Our StoryHow the League began

The problem is not the lack of love. It is the lack of value.

After years of speaking with thousands of audiences around the world through the Dear Future Wifey platform, one truth became unmistakably clear.

People often choose relationships based on loneliness instead of purpose, chemistry instead of character, and attention instead of identity. ValU League was created to change that narrative. Rather than building another singles ministry, it was designed as a culture: a place where people intentionally develop spiritually, emotionally, mentally, financially, and relationally.

Laterras R. Whitfield started over after a divorce and decided to be honest about it in public. He launched Dear Future Wifey, a podcast written to a wife he hadn’t met yet, and stayed open about what he was working through. Six years of listening, praying, and building later, he answered the call the inbox kept asking for: a community where singles could learn, engage, grow, and maximize their season with purpose.

In November 2025 he married Ashley, and she joined him as co-host of the show and as the League’s Provost. Laterras teaches the League first at his own chapter at Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn, the first official ValU League chapter, with other churches to follow. Together they built the program they wish they’d had, a real way to become the ValUdictorian of your life.

“ValU” represents Value and You. Because when you increase your value, everything connected to your life changes.

The Scholar’s Guide

The OfficesWho leads the League

Two letters open the Scholar’s Guide.

One from the Founder, one from the Provost. Everything the League teaches answers to them.

Laterras R. Whitfield, Founder and Student Body President of ValU League

From the office of the

Letter from the

Founder

“ValU League was created to be a place where you can grow in faith, character, and purpose; where you're not defined by your relationship status but refined by your pursuit of becoming who God designed you to be.”

Laterras leads the League he founded and teaches it first at the flagship chapter in Brooklyn. Here, you are a scholar. A lifelong student of growth and purpose.

Never stop growing.

Never stop learning.

Never stop bringing ValU wherever you go.

Welcome to the League.

Laterras R. Whitfield

Founder & Student Body President

Founder & Co-Host, Dear Future Wifey

Ashley R. Whitfield, Provost of ValU League

From the office of the

Letter from the

Provost

“Your single season is not a holding pattern; it is holy ground. It is where discipline is built, identity is settled, and love learns its first lessons in the mirror.”

As Provost, Ashley leads the academics of the League and shapes what the program teaches. She studied communication and African American studies at Loyola Marymount, then earned a master's in early childhood development at Hunter College, where she studied how people grow and learn best.

Study hard.

Love well.

Protect your ValU.

Welcome to the League.

Ashley R. Whitfield

Provost

Co-Host, Dear Future Wifey

Both letters open the Scholar’s Guide. Walk the Guide.

The StandardFour pillars of growth

Four pillars of an elevated you.

You build these four, session after session, until they are simply who you are.

  • I

    Self-Value

    Know your worth. Build your character. Become whole.

    What you’ll cover

    • Identity
    • Healing
    • Confidence
    • Emotional maturity
  • II

    Relational Intelligence

    Communicate better. Set healthy boundaries. Love well.

    What you’ll cover

    • Communication
    • Boundaries
    • Conflict resolution
    • Relationship dynamics
  • III

    Intentional Living

    Build a life of purpose, discipline, and stewardship.

    What you’ll cover

    • Purpose
    • Discipline
    • Stewardship
    • Personal development
  • IV

    Covenant Readiness

    Prepare for the relationship you’re praying for.

    What you’ll cover

    • Marriage preparation
    • Commitment
    • Faith-based partnership
    • Long-term relationship sustainability

Every member is both a student and a leader. We never graduate from growth.

The FoundationMission, vision, purpose

MissionVision & Purpose

Our missionWhat we do
To cultivate people of faith, character, and purpose who transform their families, churches, workplaces, and communities.
Our visionWhere we’re going
To establish ValU League Chapters throughout the world that develop ValUdictorians who lead with excellence.
Our purposeWhy we exist
Helping people discover their value before seeking validation.

The order matters

Value comes before validation. Always. When you know what you carry, you stop auditioning for approval. Everything in this League flows from that single sequence: discover your worth first and let everything else respond to it.

Your next stepThe Guide and your chapter

There’s a seat with your name on it.

Read the Scholar’s Guide, then find your chapter and take the first step.

The Scholar’s GuideFind your chapter

What do we bring? ValU. To who? An elevated you.