On the other hand, and maybe because there are only a few black-and-white photos of me as a kid, remembering the past events in this memoir often took on a magical quality. I’m sure I remember occurrences I couldn’t possibly have known about because I was simply too young. I was positive parties happened in one apartment only to discover, after chatting with relatives, that the gathering had happened in another, and remembering family situations with my siblings was cause for both sadness and hilarity as we recollected the same events differently.
So if I’ve learned anything from writing this memoir, it is mostly this: Though lives are made up of real events as sure as a television taping or a black-and-white photo, lives are more often shaped and colored by how we remember those events and the series of feelings that went along with them.
Sonia Manzano is the actress who defined the role of Maria on the acclaimed television series Sesame Street. She has won fifteen Emmy Awards for her television writing and was twice nominated for an Emmy Award as best performer in a children’s series. Sonia is the author of the Pura Belpré Honor Book The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano, hailed in starred reviews by Kirkus Reviews as “stunning” and in Booklist as a “wry … moving” novel. The book was also cited by Kirkus Reviews as a Best Children’s Book of 2012. Adding to Sonia’s credits, People en Español magazine named her one of America’s most influential Hispanics, and she has been recognized by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in Washington, D.C. Sonia holds an honorary doctorate in fine arts from the University of Notre Dame. She lives in New York City with her husband.
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