THE LATINA BOOK CLUB

  [I need to] "go, go, go as far away as I can from this place where nothing changes."  - --Sonia Manzano, Emmy award winning actress and Pura Belpre Award winning author      Scholastic BECOMING MARIA: A MEMOIR Love and Chaos in the South Bronx Passionate and Personal.  This is a story about the courage and strength to dream big, and making those dreams come true from a woman who continues to inspire.  Bravo, Sonia! Sonia Manzano is best known as “Maria” from the eternally popular “Sesame Street” TV show.  BECOMING MARIA is her passionate and personal memoir.  Although, the book briefly touches on her iconic role, this memoir is more about her troubled childhood; the family’s struggle with poverty in the south Bronx during the 1950s and 60s; her father’s drunken abusive rages; her long suffering mother; and the despair of thinking she would be stuck in that life forever.  Television is her solace, h...

    There's a new Latina on TV and she is a hit!     Cristela Alonzo made history this past Friday, October 10, 2014, by being the first Latina to create, produce, write and star in her own primetime comedy show.   "Cristela" (the show) debut to 6.6 million viewers and rave reviews from audiences of all backgrounds.   It's a funny, loving show about family, fulfilling your dreams, getting ahead and being a strong modern woman.   We are very excited about this new show and its portrayal of a modern Mexican family living in the heart of Texas.   But Cristela isn't the first Latina on television, and certainly not the last.   Below is a fun list of 14 other Latinos on television.   How many do you know?   We welcome additions to this list.   --mcf                       LATINOS ON TELEVISION Desi Arnaz   1.   ...