Where is Antonia Novello from?

Antonia C. Novello

Where is Antonia Novello parents from?

Antonia Novello was born Antonia Coello in Fajardo, Puerto Rico on August 23, 1944, the eldest of three children. Novello’s father, Antonio Coello, passed away when she was young and her mother, Ana Delia Flores Coello, worked as a school teacher and principal.

Does Antonia Novello have family?

She’s the oldest of three siblings. After her father passed away at eight years old, her mother primarily raised her. Novello was diagnosed with Congenital Megacolon at birth which is a condition that involves missing nerve cells in the large intestine.

When did Antonia Novello graduate high school?

‘ All those three prepared me for the job that God eventually made me have,” Novello told the Hall of Public Service in an interview on June 18, 1994. Novello graduated from high school at age 15 and then went to study at the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Pedras.