Crystal V. Quintero lives in Bronx, NY. She graduated from Lehman College with a Bachelors in Mass Communication and then earned her Masters from the University of Arizona in Media Arts. She is currently working in higher education and in her spare time pursues her passion for writing. This has led her to create the blog "The Cinderella Syndrome" featured on Word Press. She explores issues about women, love, marriage, spirituality, and transformation.