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Wendy Ford (now Wolfberg) was recruited into a Bible-based cult in 1973 while a freshman at college. She was in the cult for seven years. While involved, she completed two intensive leadership indoctrination programs, a survival program which included shooting firearms and hitchhiking alone, and traveled throughout the United States. On May 16, 1980, after one failed deprogramming the previous Fall, she was successfully deprogrammed by her parents. After returning home, she completed her B.A. at Harvard University and her M.Ed. from Lesley College.
Ms. Ford has counseled many ex-cultists, their families, and friends. She has been interviewed extensively on cults both by the media and the government. She has appeared on local and national television and has lectured to many groups, including high school, college, law enforcement, and religious audiences. From 1987 to 1990 she was the New England Director for FOCUS, an ex-cultist support group, and is presently a Research Associate with the American Family Foundation and works in the Boston area as a computer training manager.
Wendy is also an accomplished actress and jazz singer and lives with her husband and their three cats in the Boston area.
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