On February 16, 2019, Magalis Cintrón Butler, defended her thesis titled Felisa Rincón de Gautier: la alcaldesa de San Juan, a translation from English to Spanish of Felisa Rincón de Gautier: The Mayor of San Juan by Ruth Gruber.
The Thesis Committee, formed by Mayra Rosario Urrutia, Ph. D., Yvette Torres M.A., and her thesis advisor, Aurora Lauzardo, Ph. D., awarded her thesis the grade sobresaliente.