Tarnished Beauty

Cecilia Samartinwas born in Havana in the midst of Fidel Castro's revolution. She grew up in Los Angeles as a fully bicultural, bilingual American. She studied psychology at UCLA and marriage and family therapy at Santa Clara University. Deeply concerned with the lack of Spanish speakers in her profession, Cecilia has practiced within the Latino communities in some of the most impoverished inner-city areas of San Jose and Los Angeles. She lives with her British-born husband in San Gabriel, California.Samartin, Cecilia is the author of 'Tarnished Beauty', published 2008 under ISBN 9781416549505 and ISBN 1416549501.