A modern-day coming-of-age fashion fairytale about pursuing your passion. Blanca is running away. Away from her mother the overbearing and strict Rienaand her mother's narrow idea of what shape Blanca's life should take.

While Riena finds Blanca's dream of pursuing fashion design a wasteful flight of fancy, Blanca sees possibility... and she knows if she doesn't leave now, she might never. Of course, following your passion isn't easy, and when Blanca arrives in New York City without a job or a roof over her head, she's rescued by a kindly baker named Emile, who takes her in. With Emile comes their eclectic group of six friends, all living in the same brownstone, who welcome Blanca into their weird, wonderful family.

With them, Blanca learns that her fairy-tale journey can't begin until she stops running away from her problems and starts running toward her dream.