On Friday, May 8, 2026, Marirosa Rivera Rosado defended her thesis titled Puerto Rican Idioms, a translation from Spanish into English of Modismos Puertorriqueños by Lydia Cruz de Rivera.
The Thesis Committee, formed by Alejandro Álvarez Nieves, Ph. D., Robert Dupey, Ph. D., and thesis advisor Gabriel Rodríguez Martínez, Ph. D., awarded her thesis the grade sobresaliente.