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I am obsessed with becoming a woman comfortable in her skin.

Sandra Cisneros

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Sandra Cisneros
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: December 20
Arts Administrator
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Short Story Writer
Teacher
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Obsessed
Skin
Skins
Comfortable
Becoming
Woman

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