On May 16, 2014, Raquel Martínez de Heywood, defended her thesis titled Algo que declarar, a translation from English into Spanish of Something to Declare by Julia Álvarez.
The Thesis Committee, formed by Aurora Lauzardo, Ph. D., Alejandro Álvarez Nieves, Ph. D., and thesis advisor Yvette Torres, M.A., awarded her thesis the grade sobresaliente con recomendación para publicar.