Sonia Manzano

SONIA MANZANO is a groundbreaking Latina educator, TV personality, and award-winning children's book author. A first-generation American of Latina descent, she has affected the lives of millions of parents and children since the early 1970s, when she was offered the opportunity to play "Maria" on Sesame Street. Manzano has received 15 Emmys for writing television scripts, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Award, the Hispanic Heritage Award for Education, and is a member of the Bronx Hall of...See more

SONIA MANZANO is a groundbreaking Latina educator, TV personality, and award-winning children's book author. A first-generation American of Latina descent, she has affected the lives of millions of parents and children since the early 1970s, when she was offered the opportunity to play "Maria" on Sesame Street. Manzano has received 15 Emmys for writing television scripts, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Award, the Hispanic Heritage Award for Education, and is a member of the Bronx Hall of Fame. Her critically acclaimed children's books include No Dogs Allowed!, A Box Full Of Kittens, Miracle on 133rd Street , The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano, and the memoir Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx. A World Together is Sonia Manzano's first book for National Geographic. See less