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Verlana LeBaron Gutierrez (born 1969) is a [[Christian]] motivational speaker. She was raised in a polygamist [[cult]] in [[Mexico]] run by the LeBaron family, a group that separated from the mainstream [[Mormon]] church in [[Utah]]. (Both the Morman Church and The State of Utah outlawed [[polygamy]] in the 1890's) Verlana was the 32nd child of Verlan LeBaron, (now deceased) a polygamist who had 10 wives and over 50 children.  

Verlana LeBaron Gutierrez (born 1969) is a [[Christian]] motivational speaker. She was raised in a [[polygamist]] [[cult]] in [[Mexico]] run by the LeBaron family, a group that separated from the mainstream [[Mormon]] church in [[Utah]]. (Both the Morman Church and The State of Utah outlawed [[polygamy]] in the 1890's) Verlana was the 32nd child of Verlan LeBaron, (now deceased) a polygamist who had 10 wives and over 50 children.  

Verlana left the polygamist cult at the age of 15 and embraced Christianity. She has been married for over 20 years and she and her husband reside in [[Alaska]] and are raising 11 children (5 were adopted when her sister passed away). Two of Verlana's sisters are also motivational speakers and together they run a group called ''Sisters Speaking'', whose purpose is to bring the word of the Lord to people.  

Verlana left the polygamist cult at the age of 15 and embraced Christianity. She has been married for over 20 years and she and her husband reside in [[Alaska]] and are raising 11 children (5 were adopted when her sister passed away). Two of Verlana's sisters are also motivational speakers and together they run a group called ''Sisters Speaking'', whose purpose is to bring the word of the Lord to people.  

* http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507E1DD133DF93BA15751C0A96F958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print - New York Times article "The Persistence of Polygamy"

* http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507E1DD133DF93BA15751C0A96F958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print - New York Times article "The Persistence of Polygamy"