Background
Pupo-Ortiz, Yolanda E. was born on September 14, 1937 in Holguin, Cuba. Arrived in the United States, 1961. Daughter of Eduardo Pupo Saúco and Luz Maria Ortiz.
Pupo-Ortiz, Yolanda E. was born on September 14, 1937 in Holguin, Cuba. Arrived in the United States, 1961. Daughter of Eduardo Pupo Saúco and Luz Maria Ortiz.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Friends School, Holguin, 1955. Bachelor's Degree, Seminario Evangelico, Matanzas, Cuba, 1958. Master of Library Science, Emory University, 1971.
Co-pastor Methodist Church, Preston, Cuba, 1958—1959, Cienfuegos, Cuba, 1960—1961, Coral Gables, Florida, 1961—1966. Head library Boston Public Library., Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, 1971—1981. Executive Commission on Religion and Race, United Methodist Church, Washington, 1981—1988, since 1995.
Pastor United Methodist Church, Bethesda, Maryland, 1988—1995.
Participant Christians Cuban for Social Justice, Miami, since 1966. Leader, participant Marcha, since 1966. Member multi-ethnic committee Montgomery County, Rockville, Maryland, 1990—1995.
Married Michael G. Rivas, August 28, 1959 (divorced December 14, 1979).