The five authors construct the life of a young woman named Teresa (1991-2063), who left Mexico to come to the United States for reasons unclear. The authors imagine what may have transpired through photographs taken in Mexico and upstate New York, her supposed destination, along with interviews with people who knew her or who may have seen her. The harsh reality of the border is always present, creating tension between her life as we imagined it and other, sometimes tragic, outcomes. In the end, the book proposes thinking of photographs as constructions and not as documents.