On Friday, May 8, 2026, Desiree N Castillo Ramos defended her thesis titled Restavec: de un niño esclavizado a un hombre de clase media en los Estados Unidos, a translation from English into Spanish of Restavec: From a Haitian Slave Child to a Middle Class American by Jean-Robert Cadet.
The Thesis Committee, formed by Gabriel Rodríguez Martínez, Ph. D., Prof. Teresa D Córdova Rodríguez, and thesis advisor Alejandro Álvarez Nieves, Ph. D., awarded her thesis the grade notable.