Consuelo Reyes Calderón was born in 1904 in San Jose, Costa Rica. She worked for 15 years in the Secretariat of the Apostolado de la Oración, and from 1942 to 1982, she lived in Washington, D.C., where she studied social service at Catholic University and was active in Catholic women's activities. Soon after arriving in Washington, she joined the People's Mandate Committee, where she met Mabel Vernon, with whom she shared an apartment beginning in 1951.
From the description of Papers of Consuelo Reyes Calderón, 1969-1980, n.d. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 705546576