President Donald Trump
Castro criticizes Donald Trump for its unpleasant immigration policy that oppresses children. Castro feels that policies implemented by Trump's administration are detrimental to the American ideal.
Leah
A twelve-year old lass who Castro encounters in Miami. She is an undocumented man’s daughter who protests against the zero-tolerance policy of immigration.
Mexican Americans
Mexican Americans move to America for they deem it “a land of expanding opportunities” where they can excel through hard work.
Porfirio Diaz
He is a Mexican dictator. An uprising was launched against him resulting in the demises of numerous people and extreme political instability.
Mamo
She is Castro’s grandmother who immigrated to America as a young girl to live with the Garcias. Castro provides remarkable memories of his grandmother’s life based on what she told him and what he witnessed alongside his twin brother.
Julian Castro
He is the author of the text who "served as the sixteenth Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2017." He has been a "mayor of San Antonio, Texas, from 2009 to 2014." He writes the book from the perspective of a Mexican-American.
Joaquin
He is Castro’s twin brother. They are companions who end up pursuing similar careers in politics.
Henry Cisneros
Cisneros is the “first Latino mayor" in San Antonio who was elected when he was thirty-three.
Maria Antonietta Berriozabal
Berriozabal is "the first Latina council member" for San Antonio. Castro's mother contributes immensely to her occupying the position.
Castro’s mother
She an educated and politically active woman who brings up Castro and his brother as a single parent.
