In the article, the narrator was a corporate event planner, a doctor's daughter who had private-school education and who knew the best concierges and restaurant owners.
What is the point of the article?
The article narrates the experience of the founder of Demo Diva who had just suffered Hurricane Katrina.
While she was wallowing in dejection because her home and business were destroyed by the storm, some Mexican boys spoke to her and told her that she was an American who could choose what she wanted to do. That moment, she regained hope and this eventually led to the birth of Demo Diva.