Isabel’s Hand-Me-Down Dreams

Uprooted from Puerto Rico to Spanish Harlem in New York City at the age of three, Isabel and her siblings are raised by their single mother and grandmother in a stifling home environment that paradoxically fosters her imagination. Without support and guidance in a teeming metropolis where few understand their language and culture, Isabel learns to rely on her own convictions to overcome adversity against reason and others' discouragement. Her journey is marked by unexpected turns, blind faith, and daunting challenges.

Told with panache and comedic flair and saturated with the color and vibrancy of life in El Barrio in the turbulent sixties and spirited seventies, Isabel immerses us in her proud cultural heritage while asserting her belief that it's never too late to find happiness.