Short Name: | Yolanda E. Pupo-Ortiz |
Full Name: | Pupo-Ortiz, Yolanda E. |
Birth Year: | 1937 |
Yolanda Pupo-Ortiz was the first Hispanic/Latina woman received in full connection (1983) into the former Southern New England Conference of the United Methodist Church. Pupo-Ortiz was raised in Cuba in a Quaker family. She converted to Methodism upon her marriage, and is known for her distinctive and prophetic contribution to Hispanic preaching.