Cisneros was born in Chicago, Illinois. Similarly to Esperanza, Cisneros grew up in a Latino family around the 1950s and 1960s in Chicago. They both had a Mexican father and Chicano mother. Esperanza’s childhood mirrors Cisneros’ in the aspect that were both encouraged by their mothers to read and were not insisted on spending all their time performing classic “women’s work”. Both welcome their culture with open arms, but acknowledge the unfairness between genders inside it. This gave both Esperanza and Cisneros the longing to leave the barrio and become a writer. Later, they both found their capability to succeed individually and find a “home with herself”; both worked to recreate some Chicano stereotypes for their community. In The House
