Diego is a 15-year-old boy from Mexico. The scene opens with him in a very difficult situation. He is being held in a cage of sorts, but we find uncover that he is in a detention center. What would bring a 15-year-old 2 a border detention center? Diego shares the story of the loving relationship that he had with his father. That his father had been making the trip back and forth to America for years in order to work. But one evening as he sat with his mother and his sisters on the porch waiting for his father to come home, they soon realize that for whatever reason he is not coming back. Diego makes a simple promise to his mother that he is going to go to America and is not going to come back until he knows exactly what happened to his father or he brings his father home with him. This is a beautiful story about the relationship between a son, his mother and his father.

The determination that a young boy has to make sure that as his mother moves forward, and he stands next to her holding her hand, the memory of his father will never be lost. But as Diego searches the detention Center for his father, he encounters a ruthless guard who in the midst of Diego's trauma torments him in the worst way possible. Is his father alive, or dead? We find out that in situations of desperate times the most important thing to hold on to is¿ hope.*This character needs to be Latinx and will speak Spanish throughout.