Sesame Street’s 'Maria' Takes Us to the Streets of Her Childhood

The Leonard Lopate Show | Sep 2, 2015

Sonia Manzano, Emmy Award-winning actress known for her role as Maria on Sesame Street, talks about her loving – and troubled – childhood, and how it influenced her career in television. In Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx, Manzano describes a childhood glued to the TV screen, as a gateway into a different world, and an escape from the one she inhabited.

Event: Sonia Manzano will be throwing the first pitch at the Yankee game on Tuesday, September 8th!

Sonia Manzano will be speaking and signing books at La Casa Azul Bookstore on Saturday, September 12th at 3:30 pm

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