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  Print Sonia Manzano Biography -- AEI Speakers Bureau
Sonia Manzano is a first-generation American of Latino descent who has affected the lives of millions of parents and children since the 1970s, when she was offered an opportunity play "Maria" on Sesame Street.
Sonia Manzano was raised in the South Bronx where her involvement in the arts was inspired by teachers who encouraged her to audition for the High School of Performing Arts.
Sonia Manzano has received awards from the Association of Hispanic Arts, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, the National Hispanic Media Coalition, the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families and the Hispanic Heritage Award for Education in 2003.
www.aeispeakers.com /print.php?SpeakerID=655   (411 words)

  
 Sonia Manzano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Manzano was born in the South Bronx, New York of Puerto Rican descent, and attended the High School of Performing Arts, where she began her acting career.
Manzano has received awards from the Association of Hispanic Arts, The Congressional Hispanic Caucus in Washington DC, The National Hispanic Media Coalition, The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families and Hispanic Heritage Award for Education in 2003.
Manzano has a licensing company called "The Three Amigas." She resides in the Upper West Side with her husband and daughter, and is working on a second children's book and her memoirs.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sonia_Manzano   (387 words)

  
 Sonia Manzano   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Sonia was raised in the South Bronx where her involvement in the arts was inspired by teachers who encouraged her to audition for the High School of Performing Arts.
Sonia has performed on the New York stage, in the critically acclaimed theater pieces "Vagina Monologues" and "The Exonerated." She has written for the Peabody Award winning children's series, "Little Bill," and has written a parenting column for the Sesame Workshop web site called "Talking Outloud" which can be visited at www.sesameworkshop.org.
Sonia resides in the Upper West Side with her husband and daughter and is currently working on a second children's book and a memoir.
www.soniamanzano.com /bio_content.html   (381 words)

  
 Student Life :: The College of New Jersey
Sonia Manzano, best known as "Maria" from Sesame Street, will be speaking on Wednesday, November 5, 2003 at 12:30 p.m.
Manzano attributes her appeal to the fact that she acts the same toward children as she does toward adults-honestly and directly.
Manzano's acting efforts were rewarded when she received an Emmy nomination for Best Performer in a Children's Program, along with such notable personalities as Ringo Starr, Mr.
www.tcnj.edu /~studlife/mls/manzano.html   (492 words)

  
 University Lecture Committee
Manzano act in the award-winning Sesame Street, she also is a writer for the show.
Manzano won an Emmy award for being a contributing writer to Sesame Street.
Manzano enjoys doing voice-overs for Sesame Street divisions and plans to expand her experimental work in the theatre.
www.uiowa.edu /~lectures/lectures/manzano.html   (442 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: No Dogs Allowed!: Books: Sonia Manzano,Jon J Muth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Sonia Manzano makes magic out of the un-urbane urban life in "No Dogs Allowed." She brings her years of experience enchanting ordinary city living straight from Sesame Street, where she has won 15 Emmys as a staff writer and played the role of Maria for over 30 years.
Recounted in the first person by Iris, the tale, at times, compels the reader to sing, "These are the people in her neighborhood, in her neighborhood..." Well, at least for this reader.
Manzano's characters - while oversimplified conventions with names like Mami the Busy and Carmen the Beautiful - are familiar and full of life.
www.amazon.ca /No-Dogs-Allowed-Sonia-Manzano/dp/0689830882   (953 words)

  
 Keynote Speakers Inc. Sonia Manzano : Sonia Manzano is a first-generation American of La   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Sonia Manzano's family moved to the South Bronx, where she lived most of her childhood.
Sonia Manzano has received awards from the Association of Hispanic Arts, The Congressional Hispanic Caucus in Washington DC, The National Hispanic Media Coalition, The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families and the Hispanic Heritage Award for Education in 2003.
Sonia Manzano has served on the March Of Dimes Board, and the board of the George Foster Peabody Awards.
www.keynotespeakers.com /speaker_detail.asp?id=789   (536 words)

  
 PUERTO RICO HERALD: She's Found Success By Just Being Herself   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Growing up in the South Bronx in the 1950s and '60s, Sonia Manzano didn't see many people on TV who looked like her or her Puerto Rican family.
Manzano is immediately familiar to millions of current and former toddlers as Maria on Sesame Street.
Kvetching to a friend about those episodes made Manzano see the efforts of her parents, who moved from Puerto Rico to New York in the 1940s, in a new light.
www.puertorico-herald.org /LiveEd/ShesFound.shtml   (800 words)

  
 Sonia Manzano - October 10, 2003
In October, Sonia Manzano better known as "Maria" from Sesame Street helped to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with Columbus students.
It was Sonia's first school visit after receiving the prestigious Hispanic Heritage Foundation Award at the Kennedy Center the week before.
Sonia performed songs in English and Spanish and answered questions from the audience.
www.norwalk.k12.ct.us /columbus/events/sonia/sonia1.html   (87 words)

  
 First Book Blog » Blog Archive » Podcast: Blog Call with Sonia Manzano   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Jordan P. Today we hosted a blog call with Sonia Manzano, “Maria” from Sesame Street, and recent author of “No Dogs Allowed.” Sonia discussed the importance of reading, how she developed a love for books and ways to engage children in reading.
The Public Service Announcements (PSAs) Sonia mentioned during the call are available on our website.
Sonia worked with First Book and Cheerios Spoonfuls of Stories to develop these PSAs on the importance of reading.
blog.firstbook.org /2006/05/17/podcast-blog-call-with-sonia-manzano   (364 words)

  
 Sonia Manzano - 2004 National Book Festival (Library of Congress)
Sonia Manzano, best known as “Maria” on Sesame Street, has played the role of shopkeeper and mother for more than 20 years.
She has shared in 15 Emmy Awards as a member of the Sesame Street writing staff and has twice been nominated for an Emmy Award as “Outstanding Performer in a Children’s Series.” No Dogs Allowed (Atheneum, 2004) marks her picture book debut.
She lives in New York City with her husband and daughter.
www.loc.gov /bookfest/2004/manzano.html   (103 words)

  
 Hola Arkansas - bilingual Hispanic newspaper - periodico bilingue para Hispanos - Latino news - noticias
New York, NY--(HISPANIC PR WIRE)--April 25, 2006--Sesame Street icon Sonia Manzano (“Maria”) will be in Houston to help kick off CATALINA magazine’s its 4th Annual “Essence of Latinas” national tour.
Known by millions of children and adults as “Maria” on Sesame Street, Sonia Manzano will join CATALINA, the only national lifestyle magazine for “the mind, body, and soul of today’s Latina,” for two days of events celebrating Latinas.
Note: Sonia Manzano and Cathy Areu are available for press interviews and photo opportunities on May 7 and 8.
www.hola-arkansas.com /news_pr.php?nid=6024   (406 words)

  
 Manzano - www.cyclingnews.com news and analysis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Spanish rider Jesús Manzano has been at the center of one of cycling's biggest ever Cyclingnews spoke exclusively with Jesús Manzano on April 13,
Manzano is a Canadian company, specializing in providing the most accurate and up-to-date information in the dietetics and foodservice field.
Despite its proximity to the population centers of Albuquerque and the Rio Grande Valley, the Manzano Mountain Wilderness retains its wild and remote
hebhlj.com /?q=manzano   (162 words)

  
 Educational Services . One Picture Book One Community | WLRN Public Television   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
This is a very exciting year for One Picture Book, One Community as it features No Dogs Allowed by Sonia Manzano, a/k/a Maria from Sesame Street, which airs on WLRN Public Television – Channel 17.
Have students connect with the author, Sonia Manzano by having her visit Little West River Elementary School in Miami-Dade on Friday, November 12, 2004, and BECON-TV (Broward Education Communications Network) in Broward for a teleconference with all the first graders in Broward schools.
Author Sonia Manzano will be present at the Miami Book Fair to sign books.
www.wlrn.org /educational/opboc.htm   (748 words)

  
 8 December 1997 Campus News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
New board member Sonia Manzano has been an influential role model for children since the 1970s, when she was selected to be the Latina representative for PBS's Peabody-winning Sesame Street.
After 10 years in the role of "Maria," she began writing scripts for the show and has earned 12 Emmy Awards and a Peabody during that time.
She has been honored by the Association of Hispanic Arts, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families.
www.uga.edu /~columns/120897/camp1.html   (539 words)

  
 Maria (Sonia Manzano) from Sesame Street
Well, I remember an episode where Sonia Manzano was with her actual family.
Manzano's parents both have very very distant African ancestry (unknown even?) that showed up generations later in Sonia?
Manzano, unless genetic evidence is present, I think the more likely explanation is that perhaps father's day cards are being sent to the wrong guy (at least geneticly speaking).
backintyme.com /ODR/about1189-0.html   (5185 words)

  
 Sonia Manzano — FactMonster.com
Bronx, N.Y. The daughter of Puerto Rican parents, Manzano attended the High School of the Performing Arts in New York City and received a scholarship to attend
As one of the show's writers, Manzano has shared in the seven
She has also received an Emmy nomination for Best Performer in a Children's Program.
www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0900115.html   (109 words)

  
 Sonia Manzano   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
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 Cheerios :: MultiVu Video Feed: Actors John Lithgow, Sonia Manzano Join First Book, Cheerios to Help Get Books Into ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
NEW YORK, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- As National Children's Book Week (Nov. 14-20) kicks off, actors and children's book authors John Lithgow and Sonia Manzano -- "Maria" from Sesame Street -- are joining Cheerios and First Book, a national literacy organization, to help get books into children's hands.
This effort is important, as 61% of low-income families have no books at all in their homes for their children, and 37% of 4th graders read below the basic achievement level.
Through its Spoonfuls of Stories program, Cheerios is putting five million free children's books -- including Lithgow's book, "I'm a Manatee," and Manzano's book, "No Dogs Allowed!," inside specially marked Cheerios boxes.
sev.prnewswire.com /entertainment/20051114/NYM01514112005-1.html   (299 words)

  
 Sonia Manzano
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 MultiVu
As National Children’s Book Week (Nov. 14-20) kicks off, actors and children’s book authors John Lithgow and Sonia Manzano — “Maria” from Sesame Street — are joining Cheerios and First Book, a national literacy organization, to help get books into children’s hands.
Through its Spoonfuls of Stories program, Cheerios is putting five million free children’s books — including Lithgow’s book, “I’m a Manatee,” and Manzano’s book, “No Dogs Allowed!” inside specially marked Cheerios boxes.
John Lithgow and Sonia Manzano, Actors / Children’s Book Authors
www.prnewswire.com /broadcast/23002/consumer.shtml   (201 words)

  
 National Council of La Raza: News: U.S. TREASURER ANNA ESCOBEDO CABRAL, ACTRESSES SONIA MANZANO AND LUPE ONTIVEROS, AND ...
U.S. Washington, DC – The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) will host a Latinas Brunch on Sunday, July 17 featuring prominent Hispanic women in government and entertainment discussing how to balance work and family.
Moderated by President of Dorado Entertainment Inc. Maria Perez-Brown, the Brunch includes a lineup of panelists – including Anna Escobedo Cabral, U.S. Treasurer; Sonia Manzano, Sesame Street’s “Maria”; Lupe Ontiveros, famous TV and movie actress; and Maria Elena Salinas, Univision Anchor – who will address more than 1,700 people starting at 10:30 a.m.
NCLR Annual Conference Latinas Brunch focusing on accomplishments of Hispanic women in the U.S. Moderated by President of Dorado Entertainment Inc. Maria Perez-Brown with addresses by U.S. Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral, Actresses Sonia Manzano and Lupe Ontiveros, and Univision Anchor Maria Elena Salinas
www.nclr.org /content/news/detail/32497   (288 words)

  
 Sonia Manzano — Infoplease.com
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www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0900115.html   (191 words)

  
 Cheerios :: Sesame Street's 'Maria' Joins First Book, Cheerios(R) to Help Get Books Into Children's Hands
National Children's Book Week is November 14 - 20, 2005
IT'S NATIONAL CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK, AND SONIA MANZANO -- "MARIA" FROM SESAME STREET -- HAS JOINED CHEERIOS AND FIRST BOOK, A NATIONAL LITERACY ORGANIZATION, TO HELP GET BOOKS INTO CHILDREN'S HANDS.
THROUGH ITS SPOONFULS OF STORIES PROGRAM, CHEERIOS IS PUTTING FIVE MILLION FREE CHILDREN'S BOOKS -- INCLUDING MANZANO'S BOOK, "NO DOGS ALLOWED!," INSIDE CHEERIOS BOXES.
sev.prnewswire.com /food-beverages/20051116/NYW01816112005-1.html   (248 words)

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