Maria Aleksandra Swida (Wawroska)
Teacher, author
Born Jun. 10, 1924, Wilno, Poland; came to U.S., 1963; daughter of Arkadiusz and Wanda (Boczkowska); married Jozef Swida; children: Tadeusz, Teresa, Elzbieta.
Career: Polish education and culture director, Polish Alma Mater - Polska Macierz Szkolna, editor, Macierzanka, 1956-62, associate editor, Glos Polski, 1957-62, Buenos Aires (Arg.); teacher, Polish Saturday School, 1963-65, verification teller, Central Cash Vault, Bank of America, 1965-91, Los Angeles (CA); Retired.
Author: essays in Glos Polski, 1958,1962; children's plays, Krolestwo poziomek i paproci, 1956, and Zaczarowane jezioro, 1957; Klawikord (play), 1963; articles in: Glos Polski, Kurier Polski, Bog i Ojczyzna (Argentina).
Member of: past member, Union de Los Polacos en la Republica Argentina.
Honors: literature prize for Klawikord, Union of Poles in Belgium, 1963.
Served with: Polish Armed Forces in the West, Polish Women's Service, 1942-48.
Affiliation: Republican. Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, Spanish, Russian.
Home: 227 North Ridgewood Place, Los Angeles, CA 90004.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.