Lolita Tizol was an early twentieth-century Puerto Rican violinist and music educator from Ponce.

[2] Dolores "Lolita" Tizol Laguardia[3] was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico[4] on 19 June 1890.

Her father, however, counseled her that in Puerto Rico music was not given the recognition that it deserved, and sent her to Alabama to study education and prepare her as a teacher.

[12][13] She was also principal at the Segundo Ruiz Belvis, Horace Mann, and Rafael Pujals schools, all in Ponce.

[14] Tizol spent her life educating children at a time when most people in Ponce, as most of Puerto Rico, did not know how to read and write, and when teachers were paid only $50USD per month, even in the large cities.