Maria Amparo Escandon is a Mexican writer/screenwriter. She is also co-founder of Acento, an advertising agency for the Hispanic market. Born and raised in Mexico City, Maria Amparo now lives in Los Angeles. She writes fluently in both languages. She teaches writing at UCLA Extension, and her stories have been published in many magazines. Maria Amparo’s biggest novel is Santitos (Esperanza's book of Saints). She wrote the screenplay of the film “Santitos”, based on her novel, at the Sundance Screenwriters Lab.