Sara Fajardo Writes

Biography

Sara Andrea Fajardo is a Peruvian-American storyteller and educator. She writes books that celebrate her mixed heritage and Andean roots. Sara has worked as a photojournalist, a multimedia storyteller for humanitarian and agricultural research organizations across Africa and Latin America. She holds degrees from Sarah Lawrence College and the University of Missouri-Columbia, but her favorite diploma was given to her when she was 11, after completing the sixth grade at Alisal Elementary in Salinas, California. The proud product of bilingual education, Sara now works as a first grade dual immersion teacher in Novato, California.

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