Drawing from a rich cultural landscape shaped by a diverse upbringing and a mixed Mexican, Lebanese, and English heritage, this author's work explores themes of self-worth, personal growth, and embracing challenges as opportunities. Through their writing, the author encourages readers to be proud of their unique identities and to actively pursue their destiny. Their narratives urge us to envision our best lives and take flight with courage.
In the spring of 1915, seventeen-year-old medically trained Evangelina de Leon is called upon to deliver a baby, but a physician from a neighboring town arrives and throws her out. The next day, she is arrested for the woman's death and her historic fight for racial justice begins.