Sandra Cisneros Reflection

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Sandra Cisneros has really impressed me. Before I started researching who she was and what kind of work she did, I had no clue she was Mexican-American or that her work reflected who she is, a latina. I’ve heard of other authors writing about their culture and how it affected them growing up,but none were hispanic like Cisneros. She has really caught my attention with her writing. While I read various amounts of excerpts from her writing, I discovered how proud I am to be hispanic and it got me thinking to everything I’ve ever had to face growing up for coming from a hispanic background. Life really isn’t easy for anyone, doesn’t matter where you come from. Researching Cisneros’s work was much easier than I thought it would be, although I could’ve

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