About the Author

ESMERALDA SANTIAGO is the author of the memoirs When I Was Puerto Rican and Almost a Woman, and of the novel América's Dream. She lives in Westchester County, New York. JOIE DAVIDOW founded L.A. Style, L.A. Weekly, and Sí, a national Latino lifestyle publication. The author of Infusions of Healing: A Treasury of Mexican-American Herbal Remedies, she lives in Los Angeles.