Wheaton College Alumni Magazine Autumn 2013 | Page 20
Her Cuban heritage.
Born in the U.S. of
Cuban descent, Dr. Jill
Peláez Baumgaertner,
dean of humanities
and theological
studies, has written a
collection of poems,
Finding Cuba, about
her forebears and their
courageous exodus
to flee Castro’s
regime. All of the
relatives in this photo
(ca. 1946) eventually
would come to
America, some
bringing with them
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