Maria Valéria Rezende

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.