Referencing local tokens in an email Velocity email script token

Velocity can access variables (VTL references) set in other Velocity {{my.tokens}} embedded in the same email asset (they don't technically have to be from the same program, they can be inherited).

It can't access text or other {{my.token}} types.

In Velocity-heavy environments it's common to create "data tokens" like so:

#set( $myVeloVar = "Some text" )

Then you can use that reference in other, later tokens:

$myVeloVar

There are even ways to embed data blocks without a literal #set statement but they're rather far afield.