Claim: Consuelo Zavala Castillo, who was born in Merida Yucatan, Mexico, graduated with a degree in elementary and higher education, established her own school and was awarded the Ignacio Manuel Altamirano Award for her distinguished teaching career.
Evidence: In this Spanish name, the first or paternal family name is Zavala and the second or maternal family name is Castillo. 1874
Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico She graduated at the age of 23 with a degree in elementary and higher education. After teaching at various schools in the state in 1902 founded her own school basing the curriculum on secular, scientific education methods. In 1948, she was awarded the Ignacio Manuel Altamirano Medal, for fifty years of educating, for her distinguished teaching career.