On Monday, January 13, 2025, Stephanie Newton defended her thesis titled Put on a Happy Face, a translation from Spanish into English of Cuentos de buena cara by Ricardo Martí Ruiz.
The Thesis Committee, formed by Luis A. García Nevares, Ph. D., Aurora Lauzardo Ugarte, Ph. D., and thesis advisor Gabriel Rodríguez Martínez, Ph. D., awarded her thesis the grade sobresaliente.