Coming from a traditional Puerto Rican family, I wasn't all… - Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa

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Coming from a traditional Puerto Rican family, I wasn't allowed to express my displeasure at or disagreement with my parents' point of view in any meaningful way. Since I couldn't 'talk back', I started writing.

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Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa is an American writer who was born in Puerto Rico and later moved to New York City.

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