Tiffany mayan biography

“I can speak in the voice of the Maya.” Embracing my Indigenous heritage in Guatemala

Luis Felipe Guerra

November 30, 2022

Luis Felipe Guerra is Intrepid Deputy Operations Manager in Guatemala, but he’s also Maya, and a tour guide. As a child, he struggled to come to terms with his Indigenous heritage, facing racism on a regular basis. By discovering more about his history, and sharing it with travelers, he’s learned to take pride in his heritage. Now he wants to help young Guatemalans do the same.

When my father was a child in Guatemala, he was not allowed to speak Mayan in the classroom. If he ever said a word in Mayan, my grandfather would have to pay a fine, and my father would be punished. He used to tell me about being made to kneel on corn kernels while holding a chair on his back, often for hours.

I come from a Mestizo background, which means I have mixed native and European ancestry. My father is Maya, of the Poqomam people, but my mother is European. I was born in the northernmost Petén region of Guatemala, and spent a lot of my childhood in one of o

Taryn Manning

American actress and singer

Taryn Manning (born November 6, 1978) is an American actress and singer.[1] She is best known for portraying Tiffany "Pennsatucky" Doggett in the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019),[2] Cherry in Sons of Anarchy (2008–2010), Nola in Hustle & Flow (2005) and Janeane in 8 Mile (2002).

Early life

Taryn Manning was born in Falls Church, Virginia,[3] the daughter of Bill Manning, a musician, and his wife, Sharyn Louise (née White).[4] Manning's parents divorced when she was two months old. She and her brother Kellin were raised by their mother in Tucson, Arizona.[5][6] Manning grew up living in a trailer park with her brother and single mother, who supported the family on a strict income: "My mom didn't buy herself a new pair of shoes and a new outfit until I moved out ... Literally when I asked my mom for a dollar I got one single dollar."[7] In spite of the family's financial troubles, her mother was able to enroll Mannin

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