Sandra Cisneros was born on December 20, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois. Cisneros now lives in San Antonio, Texas. Sandra Cisneros was the third child, the only child of 7 children. Being Latina, she writes a lot about her experiences in the United States. Sandra Cisneros is best known for her literary work "The House on Mango Street" written in 1991. Additionally, Cisneros has received numerous awards for her work, including the Mac Arthur Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, and a Texas Medal of the Arts.Sandra Cisneros portrays Clemencia in various ways in “Never Marry a Mexican.” Clemencia is stuck in an interracial world, she wants to fit in, not just fit in but become better, become more powerful and loved. Clemencia is a very resentful woman, full of hatred, not only towards others but also towards herself. Clemencia is the lover of several men, but one in particular with whom she finds herself in love, Drew. Clemencia becomes extremely obsessed with her relationship with Drew. “You think I limped along with my life, whining and moaning like a country-and-western eccentric when you came back to her. But I was waiting. To make the world look at you from my eyes. (p. 59) Clemencia's resentment against Megan, Drew's white wife, goes beyond the need to have Drew, but also involves the belief that she will never be like that "red-haired Barbie doll in fur" (p. 64 ) referring to Megan because of the racial inequality she has experienced throughout her life. Clemencia does not want to take Megan's place, or any other deceived white woman but instead accepts the fact that she will never be the wife, but always the lover unlike an Anglo lady and she is......middle of paper......in this article Clemencia does not fall into anglicization, but instead makes it part of herself and influences it, “My Malinalli , Malinche, my courtesan, you said, and pulled my head back by the braid. (p.58)Works CitedWyatt, Jean. "On Not Being La Malinche: Gender Boundary Negotiations in Sandra Cisneros's "Never Marry a Mexican" and "Woman Hollering Creek"" Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature. 1st and 2nd ed. vol. 14. [Sl]: Univ Of Tulsa, 1995. 243-71. Print.Fitts, Alexandra and University of Alaska. “Sandra Cisneros's Modern Malinche: A Reconsideration of Female Archetypes in Woman Hollering Creek.” Sandra Cisneros' Modern Malinche: A Reconsideration of Female Archetypes in Woman Hollering Creek 29 (2002): n. page 2002. WebCisneros, Sandra. "About Sandra Cisneros." About Sandra Cisneros. Dennis Mathis, April-May 2008. Web. November 16. 2013.