A girl named Caterina was dragged into slavery and deprived of everything—her homeland, her dreams, and her future. Despite this, she showed incredible strength of spirit: fighting, suffering, loving, and regaining her freedom and human dignity. She loved one of her children—born when she was still in slavery—more than anything in the world, and he returned her love, even though he could never call her his mother. This child went on to become famous worldwide as Leonardo da Vinci.