Paulina Zelitsky

Paulina is a Ukrainian-born Soviet Defector (1971). She has lived and worked as a Canadian Professional Marine Engineer throughout the world. She has written and published about her adventures and experiences.

Paulina's memoir "The Sea is Only Knee Deep" in two volumes about her dangerous escape to freedom with her two small children, was written by Paulina and her husband Paul Weinzweig after their return visits to Ukraine and Cuba in 1997 and 2011. It was initially self-published in 2013. Since, she has written and self-published three more books: "Odessaphile", "Adios Angelina", and "Dog Days in Cuba". "Adios Angelina" and "Dias de Perro en Cuba" are published in English and Spanish languages.