Sonia Manzano, SESAME STREET’s Maria and 15-time Emmy Award winner, opened up about her new documentary, STREET ...

Bustamante said the doc was born after he read Manzano’s memoir, Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx. A TV ...

Lessons From a TV Icon, the shifting landscape of children's programming, and why cuts to public broadcasting risk harming the next generation of viewers.

It’s no exaggeration to say that Sonia Manzano has been a source of inspiration to millions of children. The actress began playing Maria, one of the human residents of Sesame Street, in 1971, when she ...

Sonia Manzano is a legend of kids TV. She got her big break in 1971, as a junior at Carnegie Mellon. Sonia had gone back home to New York for her first gig in an off-Broadway play. While she was there ...

Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) is the perfect time to tune into Alma’s Way, the animated PBS Kids show, which follows a young Puerto Rican girl in the Bronx. In honor of this month of ...

"He would just say things, 'If you don't want to be a murderer, don't be around people who shouldn't be killed,'" Sonia ...

Sonia Manzano is best known for her long-running role on Sesame Street. She joined the cast of the iconic PBS children’s series in 1971, playing Puerto Rican teen Maria Rodriguez. The character ...

Today’s youth are different than the children “Sesame Street” actress Sonia Manzano performed for when she played Maria, she told Carson High School students Tuesday. “I think what we expect of them ...