Micaela Antonia Rivera de Soto (July 5, 1785 – December 12, 1854) was the first lady of the Dominican Republic during the presidencies of her husband, Pedro Santana.
She collaborated financially with the purchase of ships that defended the Dominican coast and assisted the wounded in the war accompanied by her daughter.
Their subsequent union with the Santana Families was decisive for the materialization of Independence and for the maintenance of the Dominican Army against the military aggressions from Haiti.
[3] Rivera Soto owned extensive ranches when in 1828 she married for the second time to Pedro Santana, after the death of her first husband, leaving no descendants.
[4][5] Micaela Rivera, along with her daughter, also served as an informant to Pedro Santana and the men who accompanied him while they remained hidden planning the independence attack.