Trinidad "Trina" Padilla de Sanz (June 7, 1894 in Vega Baja – April 26, 1957 in Arecibo)[1] was a Puerto Rican writer.
Daughter of the doctor and poet José Gualberto Padilla, known as "El Caribe" ("The Caribbean").
[2] Thus, Trina Padilla de Sanz was known as "La Hija del Caribe" ("The Daughter of the Caribbean").
At the age of 18, she married Ángel Sanz and translated to Madrid and enrolled at Real Conservatorio and took piano lessons before returning to Arecibo.
Along with Librada Rodríguez and María Cadilla de Martínez she created the "Liga Femenina" with the purpose of studying women's rights and how they affect society.