On Thursday, May 14, 2026, Edimar Salgado Riquelme defended her thesis titled Otakus in Puerto Rico: The Role of Japanese Popular Culture in Group Settings, a translation from Spanish into English of Otakus en Puerto Rico: el rol de la cultura popular japonesa en formaciones grupales by Harry González Cordero.
The Thesis Committee, formed by Prof. H. Jane Barnes de Ramírez, Alejandro Álvarez Nieves, Ph. D., and thesis advisor Gabriel Rodriguez Martinez, Ph. D., awarded her thesis the grade notable.