Caye's point of view changes when she meets Zulema, an illegal immigrant prostitute working to send money home to her mother and her son Edward who she left in the Dominican Republic.

Zulema volunteers to teach sex education at Caye's sister-in-law's school, enabling her to send a toy truck to her son for his birthday.

While her medical status is not stated, it is implied that her condition is fatal and communicable and she arranges to meet with her abuser and has unprotected sex with him in an act of revenge.

That afternoon, while having dinner with her family, Caye announces that Zulema has returned to the Dominican Republic because she was a prostitute and could no longer bear the emotional burden of the profession and distance from her son.

The title translates to 'They Call Me Street', and is also a reference to one of the main characters, Caye, whose name sounds phonetically similar to 'calle' in Spanish.

The website's critical consensus states: "What Princesas lacks in unique insight into its subject matter, it more than makes up in its sensitive, empathetic portrayal of women engaged in the world's oldest profession".

[6] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 64 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".