An immigrant teen fights for her family, her future, and the place she calls home.
Wheeler\'s son, Charlie--Millie must confront the complexity of her past, the uncertainty of her future, and her place in the country that she believed was home..
Faced with journalists, trolls, anonymous threats, and the Wheelers\' good intentions--especially those of Mr.
It doesn\'t take long for people to identify Millie\'s family and place them at the center of a statewide immigration debate.
Senate candidate, mentions Millie\'s achievements in a campaign speech about deserving immigrants.
Wheeler, a U.
S.
Then Mr.
She\'s just trying to take care of her own family.
She\'s disturbed by what\'s happening to asylum-seekers at the U.
S.-Mexico border, but she doesn\'t see herself as an activist or a change-maker.
With college on the horizon, Millie is torn between attending her dream school and staying close to home, Where she knows she\'s needed.
Now a citizen, Millie devotes herself to school and caring for her younger siblings while her mom works as a housekeeper for the wealthy Wheeler family.
She\'s lived in Corpus Christi, Texas, ever since her parents sought asylum there when she was a baby.
In the spring of 2018, Guatemalan American high school senior Milagros Millie Vargas knows her life is about to change.
An immigrant teen fights for her family, her future, and the place she calls home
