Isolina Ferré, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Isolina Ferré

Roman Catholic nun

Date of Birth: 05-Sep-1914

Place of Birth: Ponce, Puerto Rico, United States

Date of Death: 03-Aug-2000

Profession: nun

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Sor Isolina Ferré Aguayo (5 September 1914 – 3 August 2000) was a Puerto Rican Roman Catholic religious sister.
Known as the "Mother Teresa of Puerto Rico", she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of her humanitarian work. Ferré Aguayo was born in Ponce to a wealthy family.
She was one of six siblings, Jose, Carlos, Hernan, Rosario and Luis, Puerto Rico's former governor.
When she was 21, Ferré traveled to the United States where she commenced her novitiate.
After five years, she completed the solemn vows.
As part of her religious work, Ferré traveled back and forth between Puerto Rico and the United States, serving as an abbess in Cabo Rojo and New York City. During this time frame, she attended various universities in the United States, studying sociology and arts.
After working as a member of New York City's Committee Against Poverty, to which she was appointed by Mayor John Lindsay, Ferré decided in 1969, to set her permanent residence in Ponce, specifically in the low-income sector of La Playa.
There she founded a small hospital and a school/resource center named Centro de Orientación y Servicios de La Playa de Ponce.
The school/resource center would later become Centros Sor Isolina Ferré and opened numerous outlets throughout Puerto Rico at large.
Ferré Aguayo is a member of Mu Alpha Phi sorority.