Ada Felicita Avila (née Loor Zambrano) is an Ecuadorian-born American supercentenarian who is currently the oldest living person in the U.S. state of Florida, and the oldest (known) living Ecuadorian-born person in the world.
Ada Avila was born as Ada Felicita Loor Zambrano in Portoviejo, Manabí Province, Ecuador, on 14 January 1910. She had eight children. She ran a school in Ecuador.
In 1955, she moved to New York, USA with her family. After arriving, she took sewing classes because she couldn’t be a teacher anymore as she didn’t speak English.
As of her 113th birthday, she had 12 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Ada Avila currently lives in Deltona, Florida, USA.
Her age was verified by Verdi Avila (her son), Fabrizio Villatoro and Stefan Maglov, and validated by LongeviQuest on 26 March 2023.
* Deltona resident turns 109-years-old – FOX 35 Orlando, 13 January 2019
* Tiene 113 años y es la persona más longeva en Florida: esta es Ada Ávila – Telemundo Orlando, 17 January 2023
