CHISPA: The Thirteen Origins is a series of one-shot origin stories for the members of The Thirteen, a group of Mexicans and Mexican Americans who discover they are chispas, able to wield impossible powers. Angela Garay has always followed in her mother's shadow, helping her with costuming and stagecraft at their local playhouse. She tries to stand up for what's right with the support and backing of her mother, protecting vulnerable members of society. But when Angela suddenly gains the abilities of a lizard in the middle of a protest, she is thrust into the position of having no footsteps to follow in.