On December 2, 2016, Cynthia Y. Yordán Ramírez, defended her thesis titled Memoirs of Francisco Javier de Cervériz on Military Operations to Defend Cuba and Puerto Rico, a translation from Spanish into English of Memoria de Francisco Javier de Cervériz sobre las operaciones militares para la defensa de Cuba y Puerto Rico.
The Thesis Committee, formed by María Mercedes Carrión Baralt, Ph. D., Aurora Lauzardo, Ph. D. and M. Charlotte Ward, her thesis advisor, awarded her thesis the grade bueno.