Mary A. Pérez is a noted writer, author and blogger born in the Bronx to Puerto Rican parents. She grew up running the streets of Miami until her late teens. Her award-winning essays have been featured in The Latino Author, La Respuesta Magazine and Sofrito for Your Soul. Her debut memoir, Running in Heels: A Memoir of Grit and Grace (Chart House Press, 2015) has received rave reviews and her fans keep growing. She now resides in Houston, Texas where she is blessed to be the mother of four grown children, “Mimi” to a couple of gorgeous grandchildren, and happily married (the second time around) to a phenomenal man for twenty-one years.
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