Carolina Isakson Proctor

Carolina Isakson de Barco (born Mary Caroline Isakson, January 6, 1930 – January 14, 2012) was an American and Colombian artist and philanthropist who served as first lady of Colombia from 1986 to 1990 and previously as first lady of Bogotá from 1966 to 1969 as wife of Virgilio Barco Vargas. She is the first naturalized citizen to become first lady, the third first lady born abroad after Cecilia de la Fuente de Lleras (wife of Carlos Lleras Restrepo), the first and only Lutheran first lady and the second to have a profession after María Michelsen de López (wife of Alfonso López Pumarejo).

Mary Caroline Isakson was born in York, Pennsylvania, her family moved to Cúcuta, Norte de Santander when she was 7 years old. She changed the typing of her name to Carolina and adopted her mother's maiden name Proctor to adapt her name to the Spanish naming customs resulting in Carolina Isakson Proctor. At the age of 14 she moved to Palo Alto, California to attend the Castilleja School where she would finish high school. She would later finish her Latin American Studies at Stanford University and obtain a master's degree in Spanish at Boston University.

Carolina and Virgilio met through Virgilio's sister Edelmira who was Carolina's schoolmate. She supported and accompanied her husband during the 1986 presidential campaign.