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One of the most crucial indicators of our life stories is where we are born and the community and lifestyle that foster our upbringing. In the Lincoln Courts on the West Side of San Antonio, residents are not new to judgements and stereotypes. In fact, the zipcode where the Lincoln Courts lies houses both the highest number of displaced children according to CPS and the lowest household income average in the 7th largest city in our nation. While the community here seems to be drowned in violence, drug abuse and cycles of hopelessness- this is all too but a misinterpretation of the strength, aspirations, endurance and hope of the residents of the Lincoln courts. For years the Lincoln courts has been supported by strong community activists. The stories and realities of the residents is crucial to our stories as people of San Antonio and often marginalized people of the world. In this mural project, community residents, students and elders were enrolled in Mexican American Studies classes and pushed their often limited opportunities of expression to create a lengthy mural on a prominent community bridge. In fact, the bridge is symbolic, in that it symbolizes connection, mobility and relationships. The mural includes iconography that illustrates the struggles and triumphs of the Latinx and Black residents of the Lincoln courts and our greater society. The mural paints the true story of growing up within the [complex]ities of the 'hood. The mural includes thematic icons, including such themes as indigeneity, various forms of housing, education, community, violence, endurance, oppression, family, hope, music, art, expression and resistence. With the support and collaboration of the San Antonio Housing Authority (SAHA), San Antonio Cultural Arts (SACA), MAS for the MASSES and the West End Hope and Action committee (WEHA) we present to you the LEGACY of HOPE mural.