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Studies. She was a professor as well as founder, and director of the Department of Puerto Rican Studies at Lehman. She was also a professor in the doctoral program of
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in New York City. The title of her thesis was "El mundo poético de
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272:United States, again
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424:Las voces de tu voz
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