On Friday, January 9, 2026, Gabriela Díaz Rivera defended her thesis titled Hola, me llamo Helado, a translation from English into Spanish of Hello, My Name is Ice Cream by Dana Cree.
The Thesis Committee, formed by Luis García Nevares, Ph. D., graduate translator Tatiana Hernández Cotto, and thesis advisor Aurora Lauzardo Ugarte, Ph. D., awarded her thesis the grade sobresaliente.