Esmeralda was given the chance to audition for the Performing Arts High School which she succeeded in. She then moved to New York and attended the School, studying drama and dance.
Esmeralda Santiago wrote her autobiography "When I Was Puerto Rican" that narrates her and her family's life moving from Puerto Rico to America. The book also follows the Puerto Rican girl through the many obstacles that she had to endure and overcome to change her life.
- Esmeralda's mother moved her family to Brooklyn when Esmeralda, the eldest of the children, was 13.
- While attending a Brooklyn school, Esmeralda decided that if she was to change her life and home, she had to do something about it.
- So, she told her guidance counselor, Mr. Barone, that she wanted to perform.
- And with the help of Mr. Barone and her other teachers, she started preparing for an audition for the New York's Performing Arts High School.
It was this successful audition that opened the doors for Esmeralda to get out of Brooklyn and change her life. She would go on to major in drama and dance from the School and would go on to attend other prestigious universities and achieve great success.
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