The last section of the book Ordinary Girls speaks a lot on legacies. The things that change based on what you lived through, who you were and how that formed who you are. This section was a lot of reflection while also narrating new aspects of Diaz’s life. For example, during the Halloween party, she reflects on her friendships with China and Flaca while also touching on them aging and gaining new friends. When she was in Puerto Rico she reflected on her life when she lived there, and on the rich history that has been erased by centuries of colonialism. She mentioned that La Princesa, a prison in San Juan that held many Nationalists, including Pedro Albizu Campos, is now a tourist attraction. After Hurricane Maria, she goes back to where she grew up, and sees everything her family built gone. The house her grandmother lived in, the store her father built and kept running, swept away and damaged by the storm.

In the last two pages of the book, she says who she writes for. She writes for those who didn’t make it—her friends that had passed away and couldn’t tell their own stories. She writes for the girls who grew up in circumstances like hers, for those who grew up feeling like they weren’t represented in the media. She writes this book as a legacy, her mark on the world saying that she is here, she matters, and she sees you.