An eminent 89-year-old Cuban researcher has been conferred the nation’s 2025 National Cultural Heritage Award in recognition of her lifelong dedication to the preservation and academic study of Cuba’s artistic legacy. Throughout her distinguished career, she has cultivated multiple generations of heritage specialists while championing comprehensive conservation efforts for both tangible artifacts and intangible cultural traditions.
The Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) has formally endorsed this honor, highlighting the recipient’s exceptional academic rigor and unwavering advocacy for artists across all creative disciplines. The organization characterized her influence as establishing a ‘school of best practices’ that has profoundly elevated professional standards within Cuba’s cultural sector.
This latest accolade joins an impressive collection of national honors previously bestowed upon the scholar, including the 2014 National Cultural Research Award, the National Culture Distinction, the Alejo Carpentier Medal, and Havana’s prestigious Giraldilla award. Her systematic documentation methodologies and ethical preservation frameworks have fundamentally transformed how Cuba approaches its cultural heritage conservation, creating enduring institutional knowledge that will benefit future generations.