Valerie Nicole Levin, daughter of Bill and Linda Levin of Chesterfield, and Justin Eric Freistein, son of Peggy and Ken Brown and Larry Freistein of St. Louis, have announced their engagement.

She is the granddaughter of the late Mildred and the late Irving Lerner and the late Ruth and the late Michael Levin of St. Louis.

He is the grandson of Thelma Balk of St. Louis and Harry and Jeanette Freistein of St. Louis.

The bride-to-be is a graduate of Parkway Central High School and Bradley University, where she earned a bachelor of science degree in advertising and a minor in marketing. She was a member of Sigma Delta Tau sorority, and the marketing assistant and customer service rep for Levinson Homes. Her fianc é is a graduate of Parkway North and University of Missouri at St. Louis, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in communications with an emphasis in theory and rhetoric. He is currently a sales manager for Buckeye International.

A September 2007 wedding is planned.