Cherrie moraga biography of martin

PERSONAL: Born September 25, 1952, in Whittier, CA; daughter of Joseph Lawrence and Elvira Moraga. Ethnicity: "Hispanic." Education: Received B.A., 1974; San Francisco State University, M.A., 1980.

ADDRESSES: Home—P.O.

Box 410085, San Francisco, CA 94141.

CAREER: High school English teacher in Los Angeles, CA, 1974–77; Kitchen Table/Women of Color Press, New York, NY, cofounder and administrator, beginning 1981; INTAR (Hispanic-American arts center), playwright-in-residence, 1984; University of California, Berkeley, part-time writing instructor, beginning 1986; Theater Communications Group, member.

AWARDS, HONORS: American Book Award, Before Columbus Foundation, 1986, for This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color; grant from National Endowment for the Arts; Fund for New American Plays Award, John F.

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, for Watsonville: Some Place Not Here.

WRITINGS:

(Editor, with Gloria Anzaldúa, a