Mary Helen Ponce | |
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Born |
Pacoima, California, U.S. | January 24, 1938
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Novelist |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | California State University, Northridge University of New Mexico University of California, Los Angeles |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Chicano studies |
Institutions | California State University University of New Mexico University of California |
Mary Helen Ponce is a chicana writer. She was born on January 24, 1938, in Pacoima, California. [1] She has worked as an instructor of Chicano studies at California State University, Northridge from 1982 to 1987 and from 1987 to 1988 she was also an adjunct professor. [1] From 1988 to 1992 she was adjunct faculty in the Women's Studies Program at the University of New Mexico, Women's Studies Program. [1] She was an adjunct faculty member at University of California from 1992 to 1993. [1] She is also a writer for the Los Angeles Times. [1] She earned her bachelor's degree in Anthropology from California State University in 1978 and then a master's degree in Chicano Studies in 1980. [2] [3] She studied from 1982 to 1984 at the University of California at Los Angeles. There she was the recipient of the History Department's Danforth Fellowship. [2] She worked toward her Ph.D. at the University of New Mexico in 1988. [2] She is a member of Comisión Femenil San Fernando Valley. [4]
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