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Esmeralda Santiago (born May 17, 1948) [1] is a Puerto Rican author known for her narrative memoirs and trans-cultural writing. [2] Her impact extends beyond cultivating narratives as she paves the way for more coming-of-age stories about being a Latina in the United States, alongside navigating cultural dissonance through acculturation. [2] [3]
When I Was Puerto Rican is a 1993 autobiography written by Puerto Rican native Esmeralda Santiago. It is the first of three installments, [ 1 ] followed by Almost a Woman and The Turkish Lover . This first book begins by describing Santiago's life in Macún, a sector of Candelaria barrio in Toa Baja , Puerto Rico . [ 2 ]
Esmeralda Santiago in her new book "Las Madres" takes readers into Puerto Rico during Hurricane Maria, offering an indelible portrait of the island's people during one of its toughest chapters.
Vidal Santiago Díaz (1910–1982), political activist; barber of Pedro Albizu Campos and uncle of the novelist Esmeralda Santiago; made Puerto Rican media history when numerous police officers and National Guardsmen attacked him at his barbershop during the 1950 Nationalist Revolt; this was the first time in Puerto Rican history that such an ...
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Eva Longoria is enjoying some R&R with her family over the holidays.. On Friday, Dec. 27, the actress, 49, shared a carousel of photos on Instagram from a recent trip alongside her husband José ...
Marlene Favela (born Silvia Marlene Favela Meraz on August 5, 1976) is a Mexican actress and model. In Mexican television, as of 2013 she was best known as Esmeralda in the TV show Zorro, La Espada y la Rosa. [1] In 2013, she appeared as an award presenter at the Billboard Mexican Music Awards. [2]
Now Santiago has helped create the Youth Mental Health Corps, a first-of-its-kind initiative that will launch this fall, initially in four states, to address the country’s youth mental health ...