Mary Sigillo was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. When she was young her father went to Canada for work and her mother took her back to Belgium (her mother's homeland) where she was raised. After the Nazi Germans invaded Belgium during World War II she joined the Belgian Resistance at age sixteen. She helped the Allies in many ways before being captured by the Nazis. She was moved from one Nazi prison to another where she was beaten tortured and sterilised by fellow Belgians working for the Nazis; also her finacee (also in the Resistance) was executed and thrown into a mass grave. After the war she came back to Massachusetts where she married Joe Barraco. She speaks on her experiences during World War II, freedom, patriotism and the Right to Life. During the 1970s she worked against the Equal Rights Amendment. She has been very supportive of soldiers during Vietnam and Desert Storm. The Youth Forum, sponsored by Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, was blessed to have Mary Barraco as a guest speaker. Also Victoria, Doug and I were blessed to spend time with her that night after the Youth Forum and the next day taking her back home, when we learned much more about her personal experiences in the Resistance and in the Nazi prisons.