América, a 30-year-old mother who lives in a remote Caribbean village, suffers the hardest hit when her lover takes her daughter away from her. Fury and fear push her to run away. In her life as a nanny in New York City, with support from relatives and other Latinas, América finds comfort and hope. When she dares to dream of a life without violence, reality hunts her down. Will she survive to tell her story?

Celinés Toribio plays the role of Miosotis, a Dominican babysitter illegally working in New York City.

Trópico De Sangre takes place in the 1950’s and depicts the challenges these four Dominican women faced in their homeland during the ruthless dictatorship of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo (Juan Fernandez). The Caribbean revolution was led by Minerva Mirabal (Michelle Rodriguez) and her sisters Patria (Luchy Estevez), Maria Teresa (Sharlene Taulet) and Dedé (Celinés Toribio).