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Alumnus Miebaka Yohannes stars in the Greenway Court Theatre&#039;s production of &quot;The House on Mango Street.&quot; He plays multiple roles including the protagonist&#039;s brother, a schoolchild and a man who lives in the protagonist&#039;s community. (Axel Lopez/Daily Bruin)

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Estela Garcia first read Sandra Cisneros’ coming-of-age novel, “The House on Mango Street,” in the ninth grade. She said it was the first time she had encountered anything that reflected her life growing up in South Los Angeles.

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Alumna uses experience of growing up in LA to portray lead in coming-of-age play

By Linda Xu

Oct. 5, 2017 8:23 a.m.