Migrants in the City- Plaza Mexicana      

For this assignment, we were asked to find a place in the beautiful city of Phoenix that represented a cultural border of the US and another country.  We were asked to immerse ourselves in this border zone; taking notes, interacting with people there, taking pictures, etc.  I immediately thought of a Mexican strip mall on Greenway Parkway, just West of SR 51.  This strip mall was built on a dirt lot, and became a Mexican oasis completely different than anything else around it. 

This strip mall is called Plaza Mexicana.  Here, the people all speak Spanish, and look Latino.  Not a gringa/o in sight!