Seffora Salazar

> "My biggest regret was not telling her I loved her, that I didn't hate her, and I just wished she had been nicer to me and that she didn't have to destroy herself to be loved"
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> ― Lita on her sister
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**Seffora Elizabeta Salazar** is the oldest child and daughter between Walter Salazar and his ex-wife Dalila LaCienega, she is also the older sister to Talita. She also has a younger half-sister whom she never met.

## Biography

### Early Life

Seffora was born on June 2nd, 1996, in Los Angeles, California as the oldest child between Walter and Dalila Salazar and was born at home in the bathtub. Her grandmother Esmeralda was there and caught her as Walter was running late.

When Seffora turned three, Walter began to groom Seffora and when she turned five he began molesting her this continued on until she was sixteen.

In order to deal with the sexual trauma and abuse Seffora was undergoing she began drink and smoking weed at age ten later escalating to stealing pills from relatives and snorting cocaine at age thirteen. Her parents attempted to get her help, but Seffora always escaped and when on the run often going on crazy adventures that she would tell her sister Lita.

### Death and Impact

A year before her death, Seffora tried heroin for the first time and bought some before leaving for a Christmas family reunion were after dinner Seffora took all the heroin she had left and overdose. Her cousin Athena sensed something was wrong and tried to save her but was too late.

Seffora at her autopsy was discovered to be several weeks into her first trimester and due to a DNA test her mother ordered it was discovered that her baby and Seffora shared the same father. Dalila called her mother to take Lita for a week while she investigated into her daughter's life. Where she found Seffora's secret diary, and the hidden teddy bear Seffora bought that was videotaping the abuse she suffered at the hands of her father. Dalila attempted to murder him but Walter caught on to her and escaped to Mexico.

## Etymology

* Seffora is the latin form of Zipporah which is from the Hebrew name *צִפּוֹרָה (Tzipporah)*, derived from *צִפּוֹר (tzippor)* meaning "bird". In the Old Testament this is the name of the Midianite wife of Moses. She was the daughter of the priest Jethro.
* Elizabeta is the Croatian and Slovene form of Elizabeth which is from *Ἐλισάβετ (Elisabet)*, the Greek form of the Hebrew name *אֱלִישֶׁבַע ('Elisheva')* meaning "my God is an oath", derived from the roots *אֵל ('el)* referring to the Hebrew God and *שָׁבַע (shava')* meaning "oath". The Hebrew form appears in the Old Testament where Elisheba is the wife of Aaron, while the Greek form appears in the New Testament where Elizabeth is the mother of John the Baptist.
* Salazar is from Spanish *sala* meaning "hall" and Basque *zahar* meaning "old". It can also refer to the town of Salazar in Burgos, Spain, which is of the same origin.

## Trivia

* Seffora is of Spanish, Basque, Maroons, Miskito, Rama, Nigerian, Zapotec, Dutch, Italian and Croatian descent.
* Seffora speak Spanish and Croatian, she also understood Miskito Coastal Creole.
* Her favorite ice cream flavor was strawberry.
* Seffora snorts instead of snoring in her sleep.