On Wednesday, May 13, 2026, Michelle Ramos Rodriguez defended her thesis titled Love Letters to Lucecita Benítez: Accessible Translations of Audiovisual Works Celebrating a Puerto Rican Icon, a translation from Spanish into English of Cartas de amor para una ícona and Imagen discográfica e identidades: el caso de Lucecita Benítez by Gisela Rosario Ramos (Macha Colón) and Eliseo Colón Zayas.
The Thesis Committee, formed by Eric Vázquez Sánchez, Ph. D., Ms. Cristina López Acevedo, and thesis advisor Prof. Pabsi Livmar Gónzalez Irizarry, awarded her thesis the grade sobresaliente.