From 'Sesame Street' to 'Alma's Way': How Sonia Manzano continues to break ground and elevate Latino stories on US television
CNN
After 44 years as the loveable Maria on Sesame Street, Sonia Manzano thought she was finally ready to move to a quieter, non-puppet inhabited neighborhood where she could spend her days writing children's books.
"I didn't think I was going to continue in television," said Manzano, 71, who was on Sesame Street from 1971 until 2015. "I have already published five children's books with Scholastic, so I thought I was going to dedicate myself to writing more."
A call from PBS Kids, however, took her in a different direction.
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