Gabriella Puckett, who said she grew up in Cuba and left at 18, told a Highland gathering that life under Cuba's post-1959 socialist government meant shortages, state propaganda and limits on private property. "The country has failed completely," she said, describing rationed food and minimal school meals and adding that "nothing is really free" if citizens lose freedom of speech and choice.

Puckett described daily scarcities she said she experienced: a ration booklet that she said provided "5 eggs per person a month, 1 piece of bread per person a day" and powdered milk past early childhood. She said students faced indoctrination in schools and that dissenters risked mistreatment; she recounted family and neighbors being penalized for selling or even slaughtering animals outside government channels.

Turning to contemporary U.S. politics, Puckett said she has investigated local socialist groups in Utah and shown attendees photos she said came from social-media accounts tied to the Party for Socialism and Liberation. "I went to one of their meetings," she said, adding that visiting U.S. delegations were often led by people she called government operatives and that visiting groups saw only curated parts of Cuba.

Her account included personal observations about why some young Americans find socialism appealing. She said college book clubs and campus groups she observed emphasize social-justice narratives and that organizers appear coordinated across venues. "They're targeting the young," she said, and urged parents to "protect your kids, learn history, [and be] careful with the media."

A question-and-answer period ran for more than an hour. Puckett described receiving online backlash but also support; she identified herself as living in Cedar Hills and as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She told the audience she does not yet plan to run for office but has been active locally: she said immigrant allies helped draft a resolution opposing communism and socialism and that some friends testified at the state capital in favor of it.

Puckett's remarks are a first-person account of life in Cuba and of her observations on U.S. campus organizing. Several of her claims are presented as personal recollection or allegation rather than independently verified fact (for example, her description of a Cuban leader she called a "spy" who allegedly led visiting delegations). She closed by urging civic participation in the United States and saying, "God bless America."