This name uses
Spanish naming customs:
the first or paternal
family name is
Álvarez,
the second or maternal family name is
Ponce, and, for married women, the optional marital name is
de León.
Griselda Álvarez Ponce de León (5 April 1913 – 26 March 2009) was the first female governor in Mexico. Álvarez was Governor of the state of Colima from 1979 to 1985.