Evangelina Vigil-Piñón is a Chicana poet, children's book author, director,[1] translator, and television personality.
As a sixth grader, her principal sent her to the Inman Christian Center, a private art school in San Antonio, where she was in attendance with people in their twenties.
[1] Vigil-Piñón earned a scholarship for business administration and started school at Prairie View A&M University.
[2] She teaches Mexican American and U.S. Hispanic literature as an adjunct lecturer[3] at University of Houston.
[4] She currently is a television journalist extensively involved in community affairs with ABC-KTRK TV Channel 13 in Houston, Texas.