On Tuesday, December 10, 2024, Andrea Noemí Rivera Pérez defended her thesis titled Burundanga o Cantata antillana de Jack Délano (1914-1997): una representación artístico-musical del Caribe negro de Luis Palés Matos (1898-1959), a translation from English into Spanish of Jack Délano’s (1914-1997) Burundanga or Cantata Antillana: An Art-Music Portrayal of Luis Palés Matos’s (1898-1959) Black Caribbean by Dr. Daniel Alejandro Tapia Santiago.
The Thesis Committee, formed by Prof. Álvaro García Garcinuño, Prof. Amarilis Pagán Vila, and thesis advisor Luis A. García Nevares, Ph. D., awarded her thesis the grade sobresaliente.