Downward mobility happens when someone experiences an important decline in wealth, income, or occupational respect, from their preceding position. When the Garcia household moved to the United States, they went through a descending economic mobility for numerous reasons. One of these details is education. Education not only benefits an individual to obtain knowledge but is also a passport for work-related position for a higher status. It is only after obtaining minimum formal training that individual can seek to occupy higher positions, for instance in the case of the Mirabal sisters; they developed high levels of training, and this greatly helped them in fighting the Trujillo government[1]. Different republics around the domain have different forms of training and therefore some nations are more educated than others.

 In the case of the Garcia household, Sandra went to America to pursue better work and pay.  The sort of job she could have been given in the DR is very dissimilar from the one in America since America has more educated individuals and instead she had to settle for a low paying occupation with long work hours. This consequence would inevitably happen the rest of her family who she and her spouse Bautista brought over to Brooklyn.

The other main reason why the family may have skilled a downward economic shift is due to racial separation. Racial segregation often leads to income separation.  It is evident that in most parts of the USA where most settlers, Blacks, and Latinos are situated, there is a lot of poverty and discrimination and is typically separated from the individuals of the higher class[2].

The Ortiz family experienced a rising economic mobility move for reasons such as the higher worth of the American currency. For instance, right now, one US Dollar is equal to 45 Dominican Peso. The higher worth of the US dollar makes services and products from the Dominican Republic inexpensive. This  means that the economic movement of the Ortiz’s is elevated. Unlike in the USA where settlers are segregated and treated harshly, Bautista and Sandra can make a good and honest living in the home nation and most particularly now since they are coming from America and thus standard as elites.