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A 14-episode [[Edutainment Show|edutainment]] [[Soap Opera|telenovela]] which focuses on Jamie Gonzalez, a 17-year-old Hispanic-American girl who is studying in Queretaro, Mexico, on a scholarship for the summer. The series begins with Jamie [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|telling the audience]] about herself and her family, including her great-grandmother, Doña Josefa de Gonzalez, [[Title Drop|La Catrina]], whom she wishes to learn more about while in Mexico. Once she and her friend, Philip Armstrong, arrive in Queretaro, however, they find that her host family, the Navarros, have a teenage son, Carlos. Because his parents want to avoid a scandal, Jamie will instead live with the family of Carlos' friend, Maria Linares, who is the same age as Carlos, Jamie and Felipe. Soon she learns that

 

* [[Amoral Attorney]]: {{spoiler|Don Silvestre's grandfather, who was La Catrina's lawyer, and slowly transferred all of her lands to himself and his family.}}

* [[California Doubling]]: Averted, the entire series was filmed on location in Queretaro.

* [[Green Aesop]]: Carlos is studying ecology, and much of the conflict arises from Don Silvestre using illegal pesticides on la Hacienda de la Jacaranda.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Demetrio, after Don Silvestre sends a robber to the library, which causes Demetrio to suffer an injury.

* [[Identical Grandson|Identical Great Granddaughter]]: Jamie and La Catrina. Painfully obvious in Jamie's dream in episode ten, where the actress' braces are still visible.

* [[Just Like Robin Hood]]: La Catrina.

* [[Narm]]: Many high school students have laughed at this series. Especially when Jamie's infamous exclamation "Mi Bisabuela!".

** "La Catrina!"

* [[Private Detective]]: Santana, who is also used as comic relief.

* [[Serenade Your Lover]]

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