Arturo and Alma Rivera have always lived in Mexico. Then their beautiful teenaged daughter‚ Maribel‚ sustains a terrible injury and may never be the same. Leaving everything behind‚ the Riveras come to America with a single dream: that in this country of great resources‚ Maribel can get better. When Mayor Toro‚ who is from Panama‚ sees Maribel in a Dollar Tree store‚ it is love at first sight — and the start of a friendship for the Rivera and Toro families.