The document profiles several individuals from Portuguese, Spanish, and Aztec colonies in the Americas between the 16th-18th centuries. It describes a nun in Brazil who became a successful businesswoman; a priest in Brazil who was banished for practicing astrology and fortune telling; and a printer from Spain who struggled against obstacles faced by educated immigrants in colonial Mexico. It also discusses a Native Peruvian priest who maintained his indigenous religious beliefs; an Aztec princess in Mexico who had several husbands after converting to Catholicism; and a shoemaker in Argentina who tried to form a union to regulate his trade.