Unfortunately I don’t think I'll ever see that seagull again, but we will have a framed photo of him, it’s a perfect story to tell people." "My family was not surprised at all," she continues.

Like the heart and mind of many a 15-year-old girl, “I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter” — now showing at Denver’s Kilstrom Theatre — brims with feelings and thoughts, fears and dreams.

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