Zara Mensah-Reyes, 30, grew up in the corridors of power as the adopted daughter of Senator Rodrigo Reyes. Sharp, strategic, and running for city council herself, Zara has built her identity in the language of Mexican politics. When Alejandro Cruz — a community organizer from Oaxaca with no patience for dynasties — walks into her campaign office and immediately challenges everything she stands for, Zara is forced to examine whether she's been fighting for the people, or for the family that took her in.
