On Friday, May 10, 2024, María del Mar Ortiz Antongiorgi defended her thesis titled Unafraid of Words: Selected Translations, a translation from Spanish into English of No tener miedo a las palabras by Manuel Ramos Otero.
The Thesis Committee, formed by Claudia Becerra Méndez, Ph. D., Alejandro Álvarez Nieves, Ph. D., and thesis advisor Gabriel Rodríguez Martínez, Ph. D., awarded her thesis the grade sobresaliente.