Amalia, with an average of 91, placed 10th in the 8th grade. She's from the town of Don Pancho, which is a group of indigenous people who organized to buy the small plantation next door. Her first language is the Mayan dialect of Kaqchikel, but her Spanish is great and her English is coming along fast. The friendships she is building with her classmates from La Trinidad help bond the two new neighboring towns together.