Sandra Cisneros attended several schools during her education:
- For high school, she went to Josephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart, a private Catholic all-girls school in Chicago
- She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Loyola University Chicago, graduating in 1976
- She then pursued graduate studies at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she earned a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Creative Writing in 1978
These institutions were key in shaping her literary career.
