On Wednesday, May 10, 2023, Laura M. Adorno Monserrate defended her thesis titled (Re)construir la herencia: las narrativas de pertenencia lingüística entre los activistas taínos, a translation from English into Spanish of "(Re)Constructing Heritage: Narratives of Linguistic Belonging among Taíno Activists" Capítulo 5 del libro A Contested Caribbean Indigeneity: Language, Social Practice, and Identity within Puerto Rican Taíno Activism by Sherina Feliciano-Santos.
The Thesis Committee, formed by Rosa E. Guzzardo Tamargo, Ph. D., Aurora Lauzardo Ugarte, Ph. D., and thesis advisor Luis García Nevares, Ph. D., awarded her thesis the grade sobresaliente.