The author, Raquel Santiago, reflects on the kindness and acceptance of immigrants who immigrated to the United States in 1973, eight years after the Hart-Celler Act, which abolished the 1920s-era race-based immigration quota system and allowed people from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East to settle in the US. The play, "The Heart Sellers," tells the story of two young Asian women, Luna from the Philippines and Jane from South Korea, who quickly bond and share memories of their homelands, hopes and social anxieties, while revealing the personal cost of immigration and assimilation. The author reflects on her own personal experiences of immigration, including those of her Russian grandmother who joined Round the World Women (RWW), an organization founded in 1967 to welcome international women who’d accompanied spouses and partners to the Amherst area for work or study at local colleges and universities. Despite the polarized political environment, Santiago argues that immigration is a human experience, which each person navigates what they lose or gain in their identity regardless of politics or policy.