The wife of the ambassador of Ecuador to Japan is Mexican by birth. She has the aura of vivacity, color and spontaneity often associated with her compatriots. Maria Teresa de Avila was born in Monterrey, Mexico's important northern city that is modern and energetic.

Maria Teresa de Avila

Her father was a businessman in Monterrey, and Avila is the eldest of his six children. When the time came, it was easy and natural for her to move to the small independent state of Ecuador, which she regarded as neighborly and similar in background, feeling and expression.