[1][2][3][4] Lolita San Miguel, born on October 9, 1934, in New York City to Puerto Rican parents, is a distinguished figure in both the dance and Pilates worlds.

[5] In 1958, after suffering a knee injury, San Miguel was introduced to the Pilates method at Carola Trier's studio, an experience that would shape her future career.

[1][6] San Miguel went on to found Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico in 1977, where she incorporated Pilates into the dancers' training regimen.

[12] Lolita San Miguel organized and directed an annual Pilates conference in Mönchengladbach until 2013, when she passed the responsibility to Kathy Corey, who has continued the event every two years since then.

Together with her colleagues and friends she put together an event to honor the memory of Joseph and Clara Pilates at Ferncliff Cemetery in New York City, which she repeated in 2018.