[4] With other members of allgo in 1989, Limón founded Informe-SIDA, a non-profit fighting HIV/AIDS in communities of color in the Austin area.
Set in the desert near Alameda, California, the eponymous Santiago muses over his desire for a new car as he waits for his daughter to help him fix his blown out tire.
[6] As they drive to a nearby gas station, Dulce remembers the bits of paint that as a child she would pick off of Santiago's arms.
The juxtaposition of Dulce's American clothing, implied to be a result of her college education, and Santiago's paint-flecked arms serve to highlight cultural and class divides between the two.
Though she harbors resentment towards her father for leaving her mother and their family, she eventually recalls the selflessness that protected her from harm when they were together.