Floss Casasola, MBE, OD (9 August 1903 – 9 February 1991)[1] was a British Honduran teacher and music instructor who became involved in the Belizean Independence Movement.
[3] Casasola was active in the Wesley Women's League and composed traditional folk songs for the group in Belizean Creole.
Each of these groups were active in the 1950s in competitions for drama, elocution and music, participating annually in the Festival of Arts.
[2] Casasola was elected as the president of the British Honduras Federation of Teachers in 1949 and began participating in regional conferences in such places as Barbados, Jamaica, Mexico and Puerto Rico.
[5] In 1954 the year that universal suffrage was granted in British Honduras, Casasola was made principal of Wesley Primary School.
In addition to acting head of the school, she tutored students free-of-charge to prepare for the Pupil Teachers' Examination in the evenings.
Some of her noted students include Yvonne Pilgrim Suite,[3] Francis Reneau and Colville Young.