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 onl