Maria Valdisera is a Program Analyst on the U.S. Census Bureau's Communications team for Centralized Data Dissemination. In this role, she assists data users by helping them navigate data.census.gov, the Microdata Access Tool, and the Census Application Programming Interface (API).

Recently, Valdisera began teaching long form workshops on data.census.gov and the Microdata Access Tool, where she provides detailed information and demonstrations on navigating Census Tools for the general public.

Valdisera holds bachelor’s degrees in broadcast journalism and political science and a minor in theatre from Penn State University.