Isabell was my birth mother. Her mother, my maternal grandmother, was Maria Santos Rodriguez. They were Puerto Rican and lived in New York City, lower East Side. My father was Manuel F. Espinales. My grandmother raised me until I was 7 years old. My dad and step-mother, Juanita, adopted me. I had my mother's name at birth and then my dad changed it to Maritza Elizabeth Espinales at the adoption. I now live in Colorado. I am looking for relatives on my birth mother's side.