Alma Rosa Castañeda de Mora was a Guatemalan social activist and politician.
Castañeda did not receive a formal education, only learning to read through lessons by a visiting teacher.
In 1925 she married Carlos Federico Mora Portillo (1889–1972),[1] a physician, academic, minister and diplomat.
She also published El Cuidado del Niño (The Care of Children), which was used by several generations.
[3] In November 1955 she was the inaugural winner of the Presna Libre Woman of the Year award.