Juana Avila
General Secretary of the Belize Tennis Association
Juana was born on June 13, 1982 and raised in Belize. After having Graduated from Edward P Yorke High School, she went on to complete two years of college at the University of San Carlos in Guatemala. It was not until her young son began to take tennis lessons that she found a strong passion for the sport of tennis. She has been very engaged in the sport and its members since 2016. In 2020 she was voted in as secretary of the Belize Tennis Association.
Juana takes lessons regularly and hopes to become a good enough tennis player to compete with her son. She also has a daughter that is on the Belize National Volleyball Team and has competed internationally numerous times. Juana is a lover of people and sports and loves to encourage others to do sports regularly. Presently, she is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work at the University of Belize.