Sandra Cisneros is an American writer born in 1954 in Chicago. She moved frequently between Chicago and Mexico City as a child, resulting in her having few friends. Cisneros graduated from Loyola University in 1976 and later attended the University of Iowa's Writers Workshop in 1978, a pivotal moment in her development as a writer. She is well known for her 1984 novel "The House on Mango Street" and for writing about the experiences of Latinas in the U.S. while drawing on her own experiences growing up between cultures. Cisneros has won numerous awards for her work.

1. Sandra Cisneros
By Jamie Hopkins

2. Background of Sandra
Cisneros
Born on December 20th, 1954 in
Chicago, Illinois
She moved between her hometown
of Chicago and Mexico City
Due to moving often Sandra had very
little friends
One of seven children
Only daughter in her family
Sandra has won numerous awards

3. Education
In 1976 Sandra Cisneros graduated from Loyola
University
Two years later, in 1978 she attended the
University of Iowa’s Writers Workshop
In this workshop she had a vital turning point as
a writer
She wrote periodically poems and stories

4. Sandra’s Writing
Well known for being both a talented writer and a poet
Writes about the experiences as a Latina in the United States
of American
One of her well known collections of poetry are My Wicked,
Wicked Ways
Well known for her novel “The House on Mango Street”
(1984), which she has sold about two million copies of
Some awards she has won are the MacArthur Foundation
Fellowship (1995) as well as the Texas Medal of the Arts
Award (2003)

5. More Writing…
Sandra is one of the first Hispanic
American writers that accomplished
commercial success
She wrote about the conflict that
directly related to her growing up as
a child, mainly about divided
cultures, alienation and poverty
Some of Sandra’s other works are:
Woman Hollering Creek and Other
Stories, Bad Boys and Loose
Woman (1994)
Sandra has contributed periodicals
to Contact II, Glamour, The New
York Times, The Los Angeles Times
Her novels have been translated into
approximately twelve different

6. Works Cited
"About Sandra Cisneros." About Sandra
Cisneros. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 July 2012.
"Biography of Sandra Cisneros (1954-)."
Biography of Sandra Cisneros. N.p., n.d. Web.
09 July 2012.
Sarbanes, Janet. "An overview of The House on
Mango Street." Literature Resource Center.
Detroit: Gale, 2012. Literature Resource Center.
Web. 6 July 2012.