Elisa Colberg (March 13, 1905 – 1986) was the founder of the Puerto Rican Girl Scouts, the first troop of which formed in 1926 in Cabo Rojo, aptly named Hijas de Betances.

[1] Camp Elisa Colberg, near El Yunque National Forest, is named in her memory.

She attended a series of schools, including Carbonell, Curry and Salvador Brau, graduated from the University of Puerto Rico in 1925.

A year later, after founded a leadership course with twenty enrollees which went on to become the Girl Scout organisation of Puerto Rico.

Becoming a qualified teacher in 1928, Colberg retired in 1971, at which time the Scouting organisation had grown to 14,000 children in 654 troops.