Cuban native talks to Middle School students

A native of Cuba brought the foreign country to life for seventh grade Spanish students at RCS Middle School on Friday.

Maria Gutieerrez spoke to students about life in Cuba - where she lived for 13 years - and her move to the US and eventually to Clifton Park.

During her nearly two-hours talk, Gutieerrez answered questions about how life is controlled in the communist state and what it was like to taste Freedom in the US, as well as transition from a Spanish-speaking country to America.

The speech – which came at a time when Hollywood stars and other segments of the US society have made Cuba popular and clothing celebrating its communist revolution fashionable – concluded a unit in which the RCS students researched life in Cuba.