Ada Monzón
Published June 7, 2018
Updated April 15, 2021

Ada Monzón is the WAPA-TV chief meteorologist for Noticentro al Amanecer, Univision Radio (WKAQ 580 am) and the Noticel digital platform. She is the first woman in Puerto Rico to be named a fellow of the American Meteorological Society. Additionally, she is the founder and president of EcoExploratorio: Science Museum of Puerto Rico.

Monzón was named 2018 National Weatherperson of the Year by the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes. She is also the recipient of the Department of Commerce Silver Medal and the Joanne Simpson Mentorship Award.

She is a member of the NASA Space Grant Consortium.

Expertise: Meteorology, natural disasters, physics, hurricanes and typhoons, tropical storms

Location: Puerto Rico

Email: ada.monzon@ecoexploratorio.org

Twitter: @adamonzon


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