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She taught writing courses at California State University Northridge in the mid-1990s.
Career
After having over 100 productions of her plays throughout the United States, Josefina López is one of today's preeminent Chicana writers. citation needed She has written several plays such as Simply Maria, Or the American Dream ; Confessions of Women From East L.A. ; Boyle Heights ; Lola Goes To Roma ; Food For The Dead ; Unconquered Spirits ; Queen of the Rumba and Real Women Have Curves . She is the co-screenwriter of the film version of her play Real Women Have Curves (2002), starring America Ferrera ( Ugly Betty ), Lupe Ontiveros, and Ingrid Oliu ( Stand and Deliver ). The movie garnered much acclaim, including at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival where the film won the "Audience Award" and a "Special Jury Award for Acting." Josefina has written several other screenplays including Loteria for Juarez about the mysterious murders of women in the Mexico/US border town of Ciudad Juárez; ADD Me to the Party , an original comedic screenplay about three Latinas a...
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