Maria Valéria Rezende (born 1942) is a Brazilian writer and nun.
She was a member of the National Student Youth Catholic leadership and, after the 1964 coup d'état, housed militants fighting against the military regime.
She joined the Congregation of Our Lady -Canonesses of St. Augustine in 1965[2][3] Rezende graduated in French language and literature from the University of Nancy and in Pedagogy from PUC-SP.
She holds a master's degree in Sociology from the Federal University of Paraíba.
Rezende lived in the backlands of Pernambuco in Recife / Olinda from December 1972 to 1976.