On Friday, August 1, 2025, María Isabel Collazo Rexach defended her thesis titled Las zonas azules: 100 recetas para vivir hasta los 100 años, a translation from English into Spanish of The Blue Zones Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100 by Dan Buettner.
The Thesis Committee, formed by Aurora Lauzardo Ugarte, Ph. D., Prof. Laura Velázquez Dolagaray, and thesis advisor Luis A. García Nevares, Ph. D., awarded her thesis the grade notable.