7 Orange Is the New Black Characters Who Got Flashbacks in Season 4

From relative obscurity, Maria Ruiz rises to prominence in season four. She quickly becomes the leader of the Dominican gang, and her backstory shows exactly why.

Maria's flashback shows her being part of the gang culture from a very young age. Her father, a gang leader himself, appears to be her primary caretaker. As she gets older, Maria becomes more disparaging of the Dominican gang activity and her father's involvement. She's frustrated with having to live with it every day. Maria confronts her father, which doesn't go well. She ends up leaving home and falling in love with a criminal outside of her father's organization.