María Márquez-Salane

María Márquez-Salane was born in Lima-Perú. She immigrated to New York City in the 80’s. As a young woman she learned English. She resides in Queens, New York with her family.  María’s discipline and dedication to her studies made her an outstanding student in college. She obtained a full scholarship to complete her graduate studies in education at Pace University. María graduated Magna Cum Laude with the Bachelor of Arts with majors in Spanish and Sociology at Queens College. The love of learning that she had acquired from her paternal grandmother while she was growing up in the impoverished neighborhood of Callao, Lima-Perú has been the backbone and the livelihood for the author’s survival and personal achievements in her native country and abroad. This is the author’s first non-fiction book.