Born in Manhattan, Magda Rivera was sent to Puerto Rico to be adopted by a Puerto Rican couple. It was considered an international adoption. Her birth mother had requested she be sent to Puerto Rico where she thought her biracial baby would “blend in.” At 27 prompted by heart condition and living in Los Angeles, Magda hired a detective and found her birth mother. Twenty years later, after taking a DNA test she found her biological father’s relatives who informed her he had recently died. “Finding out you are given up  for adoption because of the color of your skin was difficult to swallow, its like the ultimate act of rejection from your birth family and country. But the blessing of growing up in that beautiful island with a loving family is proof that loves trumps hate at every turn.” Magda is currently working on memoir. @magdaivonne #adopteestories #adoption #innocentpeople