During my Explore Chicago class, we were able to go to the play "Esperanza Rising” in the Merle Reskin Theatre. The play tells the reality of many Mexicans farm workers who came to the United States and what they went through in California. The play was really interesting since it presented various topics we had studied this quarter in our Explore Class. The main idea of the play was the life that these immigrants came to have when they reached the United States, in the classroom we discuss what Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, etc., have to go through in the United States and how they are trying to make something out of themselves. I really like that in the play, the audience was constantly reminded that the characters were poor and we can see through