s decided to write about issues directly related to her childhood such as: Being torn between two cultures, alienation, gender roles, and humiliation connected with poverty. After graduating from the university of Iowa, Cisneros worked teaching high school dropouts, enjoying working with the Chicano community. Finally, Cisneros returned to Loyola University to be an administrative assistant. After recognizing her difference from other people, Cisneros wrote The House on Mango Street, which was published in 1984. Since Her first publication, Cisneros has written published many different stories and poems, each associating with different issues facing the Chicano community.
             Wanting to continue her writing, Cisneros received the National Endowment For the Arts Fellowship, for fiction, in 1982. Receiving this allowed Cisneros to work for full time. In 1987, after receiving the National E
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