Rudy Gonzalez a Mexican-American teenager does not find self-esteem in his home life, so he goes to the streets of 1984 to find it. What he discovers is Ska. Set in the fall of 1984, Rudy and his sister Veronica are forced to leave their Catholic High School due to their family's recent economic hardship. Unable to afford tuition, they are transferred to Katella High in Anaheim California.