Georgina Lázaro
Georgina Lázaro-Leon is a Puerto Rican poet who writes children's books. Her poems have been recorded by many artists, among them Tony Croatto. Early years Lázaro was one of eight siblings born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and raised in the Miramar neighborhood of the city. She was enrolled at the age of three in the "Colegio de la Inmaculada" school, the school in which she received both her primary and secondary education. After high school, she was accepted to the University of Puerto Rico where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree with a concentration in education. Lázaro worked as a school teacher for various years and retired after she was married to take care of her children and her household. That is when she started to write stories and poems for and about her children. First works In 1987, Tony Croatto, a popular Puerto Rican folksinger, discovered one of her children poems and converted it into a musical hit. In 1995, one of her poems was recorded and presented in Puerto Rico's "Centro de Bellas Artes", by Puerto Rican musician and singer Roy Brown. Her poem "Mi Flamboyan amarillo", or "My Yellow Royal Poinciana", originally published in 1996