Natalia Górriz

Natalia Górriz de Morales (Chimaltenango, 21 July 1868 – ?) was a Guatemalan teacher, pedagogue, and the founder of the Instituto Normal Central para Señoritas (the Central Normal Institute for Young Ladies) in 1888. In 1892, the government of General José María Reina Barrios promoted her to the post of Inspector General of Girls' Schools in Guatemala City. She wrote a book dedicated to Christopher Columbus in honor of that year's fourth centenary of his landing. Her teaching career was put on hold when she married Próspero Morales, in 1894, but after his death in 1898, she started teaching again.

Biography Górriz de Morales graduated from Instituto Belén in 1884 with a teacher diploma, and the next year she also obtained a high school diploma. She was also president of the Guatemalan Teachers Central Academy and a member of the Madrid Geographic Society. The opposition press was also critical of the president, accusing him of tyranny given that he had not allowed opposition political parties to prosper.

Restarting her teaching career After the death of her husband, she published her book Compedio de geografía descriptiva (Descriptive Geography handbook) in 1904

When specialized Kindergarten teaching formally began in Guatemala on 28 June 1928, professor Górriz de Morales was among the first batch of instructors who served pro bono.