Appropriate for: middle / high school, college, and community audiences
Based on the novel I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
Adapted and Directed by Ana Maria Jomolca & Performed by Elizabeth Raquel Ramirez 
The Story
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER comes to life as Literature to Life adapts Erika L. Sánchez’s YA novel as their newest title in their Signature Performance series. This title will be co-produced in partnership with Freedom Reads, the only organization in the nation transforming the experience of incarceration by opening libraries in prison housing facilities. Freedom Reads was founded by Reginald Dwayne Betts in 2020. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter takes place in modern day Chicago. The novel focuses on the idea of finding one’s own identity, and breaking free from societal, cultural, and familial expectations.
“Alive and crackling—a gritty tale wrapped in a page-turner.” —The New York Times
ACTOR BIO
Elizabeth Raquel Ramirez is a proud Hispanic actress from San Antonio, Texas. Her credits include In The Heights at Oklahoma City University and two award-winning shorts, Most Likely To and Dream Carriers. She is most known for her contribution to the HBOMax documentary Homeschool Musical: Class of 2020, produced by Tony Award winner Laura Benanti.
