After losing both parents in tragic incidents, Lucero has decided to run away from authorities before they come for her and place her in an orphanage. It is then that a mysterious woman appears at her doorstep and a series of events that change Lucero’s life forever unravel before her eyes. Author Daisy Lopez explores the history of curanderismo in the border regions of the Rio Grande Valley to reveal Mexican-American cultural traditions of native healers that continue to impact these regions today.