Cisneros, Sandra

1954 – An American author was born on the 20th of December this year in Chicago,Illinois.

1976 – She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Loyola University of Chicago.

1978 – She enrolled in the graduate program in creative writing at the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop and earned a master’s degree in creative writing.

1982 – She received a National Endowment for the Arts grant. The grant allowed her to stay one year at Michael Karolyi Institute in Venice, France.

1994 – She wrote a children's book, Hairs/Pelitos, with a Spanish translation by Liliana Valenzuela.

2002 – She wrote “Caramelo” which was published by Knof this year. Now she works as the literature director of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in San Antonio, Texas.