I am Priscilla Quiñones Ferreira, and I go by Silla (Sí-la). Like your average Puertorrican, I am mixed, but in that mix there’s taíno culture and heritage I’ve inherited. I grew up in a split home as well, so I grew up with two fathers. Both gave me different perspectives and experiences of our Taíno heritage. This post is specific to my blood relation to the Quiñones family (the father I share DNA with and was with part-time in my childhood). I am still…
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