Laura Esquivel

Mexican writer and politician. She is internationally known for her work "Como agua para chocolate" published in 1989, translated into more than 30 languages. From 2008 to 2011 she held the position of General Director of Culture in Coyoacán, Mexico City. From 2015 to 2018, she was a federal Representative for the Movimiento de Regeneración Nacional (Morena), the party created by former presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a party she represented in the commissions of Science and Technology, Culture and Cinematography, and Environment and Natural Resources. She studied Theater and Dramatic Creation at the Centro de Arte Dramático A.C. (CADAC), specializing in Theater and Dramatic Creation. (CADAC) specializing in Children's Theater. She is a graduate in Preschool Education (1966-1968), instructor of the Children's Theater and Literature Workshop (1977), instructor of the Tlaxcala and Oaxaca Script Consultant Workshop (1998 - 2002) and Instructor of the Writing Laborator...