Hildy Valenzuela-Wendtland

Meet the woman and the author of Barefoot to Freedom Hilda Valenzuela-Wendtland. These are the memoirs of a teenage girl about her life under communism and her incredible escape, after the occupation of the Peruvian Embassy in Havana, Cuba.  It's an eye-opener about the perils of collective thinking and the thread of contemporary socialism. A must-read for young adult to help make them aware of what will happen if they do not protect and defend democracy.