Registered with the complete name of Celia Esther of the Desamparados Sánchez Manduley (Media Luna, May 9, 1920 - Havana, January 11, 1980).

She was a revolutionary, political and research Cuban fighter. She was part of the July 26 Movement during the Cuban National Liberation War (1956-1958), where she organized under Frank País’ orders the clandestine network of peasants that was vital for the survival of the guerrilla led by Fidel Castro who landed in the South of Oriente on December 2, 1956 and later became the Rebel Army.

She fulfilled important missions in the supply of the guerilla and soon became direct combatant. After the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 she assumed important tasks and responsibilities, being an active participant in the most transcendental moments of the first decades of the revolutionary period, years in which she devoted herself to collecting and organizing all the information regarding the guerrilla struggle. She was a member of the Communist Party of Cuba since its creation until her death. For her work she is known as the native flower of the Revolution.

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