Zoraida del Carmen Montezuma Ortega is a Costa Rican supercentenarian whose is currently the nation’s oldest resident.
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On 18 December 2025, aged 112. (Source: Vital Monge).
Supercentenarian Profile
Zoraida Montezuma
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BIOGRAPHY
Montezuma was born in Limón, Limón Province, Costa Rica, on 31 October 1913 to parents Juan Montezuma Mora, a mechanic and blacksmith, who worked for many years for the Ministry of Public Works, and Luisa Ortega Mata, a housewife.
She never married nor had children. At the age of 108, she was still able to sing and dance.
She currently lives in a nursing home in San Rafael de Escazú, San José Province, Costa Rica.
RECOGNITION
As of October 2023, her 110th birthday, she was the fourth-oldest known living person in Costa Rica, behind Marita Camacho Quirós, Belia Engracia Cabezas Araya, and Juan Gabriel Hernández Matamoros.
Her age was verified by James Roberts, Stefan Maglov, Vital Monge Herrera, and Fabrizio Villatoro, and listed as a pending validation by LAS as of 8 March 2022, and later validated by LongeviQuest on 27 April 2026.
ATTRIBUTION
* “Doña Zoraida Montezuma alcanza los 107 años” – Facebook (Hogar Magdala), 28 October 2020
* “Felicidades para doña Zoraida Montezuma, quien el día de hoy alcanza sus 108 años de vida” – Facebook (Hogar Magdala), 31 October 2021
* “Y así finalizamos el mes de la Persona Adulta Mayor…” – Facebook (Hogar Magdala), 31 October 2023
* “Doña Zoraida del Carmen Montezuma Ortega nació el 31 de octubre de 1913 en la provincia de Limón, Costa Rica, y cuenta actualmente con 112 años de edad.” – Fotografía Vital Monge (Facebook), 19 December 2025
GALLERY
On her 109th birthday in 2022. (Source: Facebook/Hogar Magdala)
On her 110th birthday in 2023. (Source: Facebook/Hogar Magdala)
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