Stela Armstrong was born in Bulgaria to a poor white woman and an African soldier from Mozambique. She was placed in a post-communist orphanage as a baby and experienced many horrors. Miss Armstrong longed for someone to rescue her. Years later, she was adopted by an American couple who pulled her from a living hell and brought her to America. They raised Stela and cared for her. Still, she ached to find her birth parents and reunite with them.
A Long Way Home: My Journey from Heartache to Healing
is memoir about her adoption story and reconnection with her past. The book makes Stela Armstrong a first-time author. She currently works at a technology company and lives in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.