Upon graduating from the Writers’ Workshop, Cisneros returned to Chicago and took a job teaching at the Latino Youth Alternative High School, a facility for high school dropouts. in creative writing from the renowned University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Cisneros went on to study English at Loyola University of Chicago, and in 1978 received her M.F.A. She worked on a high school literary magazine, eventually becoming editor. Encouraged by a teacher, Cisneros wrote poetry and became willing to share her work with her young peers. Josephinum in Chicago, that Cisneros first found an outlet and discovered acceptance for her creativity. Growing up in a home where library cards were mandatory, Sandra retreated into books and began to express herself in poetry. The family resided for the majority of Sandra’s youth in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. The Cisneros family traveled frequently between Chicago and Mexico to visit relatives, often settling in a different home upon each return. Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954, the only daughter in a family of seven children.
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