Doris Yankelewitz Berger (May 7, 1934 – May 18, 2016) was a Costa Rican artist, politician, political activist, and member of the National Liberation Party (PLN).
[1][4] Her mother, Rosita Berger Spiro, was British, while her father, Jorge Yankelewitz Rodstein, was from Argentina.
[1][3] Yankelewitz met her future husband, Luis Alberto Monge, at a luncheon while she was studying at the University of Costa Rica.
[4][3] Yankelewitz became active in the women's wing of the National Liberation Party (PLN) beginning in the 1970s.
[3] Luis Alberto Monge ran for President of Costa Rica in 1978, but lost the election to Rodrigo Carazo Odio.
[1][3] In 1984, First Lady Yankelewitz founded the Costan Rican chapter of Hogares CREA to battle treat drug addiction among young people.
[3] In October 1984, Juan Carlos I of Spain awarded Yankelewitz the Order of Isabella the Catholic.