Rosa is a 27-year-old Latina studying at Cal State Dominguez Hills, who is from San Antonio, Texas. She has fallen in love with Andre, a 24-year-old African American who lives in South L. A. and goes to CSU Los Angeles. The two met at a rally against college tuition hikes about 2 years ago, and began dating. They have similar long-term goals and visions for their future, and are ready to be married. However, both Rosa’s and Andre’s families are dead set against the marriage, and each family is threatening their family member in order to persuade them not to marry each other. One of the families is even resorting to physical threats.