In the book Sonnets and Salsa by Carmen Tafolla and the play In the Heights by Quiara Alegría Hudes, both writers emphasize the productivity and perseverance of Latino immigrants in America. Carmen Tafolla delights us with captivating poetries brimming with musical rhythms of Latino culture, language, and experience. In the Heights is a musical with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, which premiered on Broadway in 2008. It focuses on the experiences of Latino immigrants living in the Washington Heights community in New York. “La Gloria” and “Marked” in Sonnets and Salsa as well as In the Heights illustrate the idea of the American dream, where the qualities of hard work and ambition are shown. In the poem La Gloria by Carmen Tafolla,
