Mention the name
Ana Otero to the average person in Puerto Rico or the States. More than likely, you will draw a blank. In her brief but spectacular life she was a prodigy, an internationally renowned virtuoso, composer, arranger, musical director, educator, activist, and patriot. Today, with rare exceptions, she is mostly forgotten.
HUMACAO · THE EARLY YEARS
Ana “Anita” Otero Hernández was born in the villa of Humacao, Puerto Rico on July 24, 1861, to Don Ignacio Otero y Aquilina and Doña Carmen Hernández Ramos. She was one of sixteen siblings (twelve males, six females) and one of eight who survived. According to her mother’s unpublished memoirs
Mention the name
Ana Otero to the average person in Puerto Rico or the States. More than likely, you will draw a blank. In her brief but spectacular life she was a prodigy, an internationally renowned virtuoso, composer, arranger, musical director, educator, activist, and patriot. Today, with rare exceptions, she is mostly forgotten.
HUMACAO · THE EARLY YEARS
Ana “Anita” Otero Hernández was born in the villa of Humacao, Puerto Rico on July 24, 1861, to Don Ignacio Otero y Aquilina and Doña Carmen Hernández Ramos. She was one of sixteen siblings (twelve males, six females) and one of eight who survived. According to her mother’s unpublished memoirs