Linda Nacif’s long and labyrinthine journey from California to Mexico and back to her own roots

Linda Nacif shares a personal story so complex that only listening to her tell it will do it justice. Suffice it to say that she was born into one culture and, for reasons of love having grabbed a hold of her when she was 17 and on a trip to Mexico, she switched. Yes, redefined herself totally, married the best looking and protective man, had three daughters now grown, stayed in Mexico for over 20 years but left her husband as she learned what she could no longer do and what she was meant to do in life.

An ad for training Holocaust Museum docents altered life once again. Some say there are no coincidences. Was she looking for the road back to her true self?

From birth into a Jewish family with expectations she ignored, to baptism to marry the man she loved in Mexico, and back to her roots, her story is a history lesson, a sociology lesson, a psychology lesson with a focus on self-worth, and a treatise in women’s rights. It is also the story of a mother’s love.

Love letters? The number of them alone is astounding!. Hear how those from her husband and daughters shaped and at times saved her life, the role they played in her long-distance courtship to the man she loved, married and eventually left. And, her relationship with him now, again long-distance, is a lesson in appreciation for a former spouse whose best qualities still hold true.

She is a woman defined by power, passion, diligence and devotion to her life’s task; that of teaching Jewish Holocaust history and training a new generation to carry the torch with the goal of its never happening again because there are new generations to protect from indescribable evil.