Adela "Lila" Panelo de Forestello (31 January 1923 – 11 August 2021) was an Argentine human rights activist and retired mathematics teacher.

Forestello was a founding member of the Mothers of the Plaza 25 de Mayo, based in Rosario, Santa Fe Province.

She joined with other women in Rosario to establish the Mothers of the Plaza 25 de Mayo following the forced disappearance of their children during the Dirty War and military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983.

[1][2] Forestello spent the rest of her life seeking answers to the kidnapping and campaigning for justice and the prosecution of those responsible for the forced disappearances and murders.

[1][2] She was the only member of the Mothers of the Plaza 25 de Mayo to testify during the 2009 federal Guerrieri I Trial, which led to the conviction of several perpetrators for crimes against humanity in April 2010.