Shortly before the stock market crash in October 1929, she left for Los Angeles, where she eventually found work as a scriptwriter for radio station KFWB. Joining her soon after, Dorothy graduated with a degree in English from UCLA. A close friend of fellow struggling writers such as William Saroyan, John Fante, Carlos Bulosan, Meridel Le Sueur, and John Sanford, Sanora published her work in exper