Teresa de Cepeda y Fuentes

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Teresa de Ahumada (née Teresa de Cepeda y Fuentes; nickname, Teresita; also known as Teresa la Quiteña; Quito, October 25, 1566 - Ávila, September 9, 1610) was an Ecuadorian-born Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun who was born in the Real Audiencia of Quito and lived in Spain at the end of the 16th century and beginning of the 17th century. She was one of the most prominent people in the family of Saint Teresa of Ávila to be born in the Americas.

Her father was Lorenzo de Cepeda and her mother was Juana Fuentes. The family name by which she was referred to was Teresa de Ahumada, as her father, Lorenzo, had determined in his will that she should be called. She was also often called Teresita, alluding to her aunt Saint Teresa of Jesus. Her childhood was marked by the death of her mother a year after her birth on November 14, 1567. During her first nine years she lived in Quito. For this reason, to differentiate her from her aunt, she was called Teresa la Quiteña.^[1]