PhD in Philosophy and Letters (1964) and PhD in Historical Sciences (1985).

Professor of Havana University (UH) (1976) e

Permanent Researcher (1988)

Since 1961, when being still a student, she took part in Fidel Plan as a Social Sciences professor at “Ciro Redondo” High School. She has been deeply involved in teaching, mostly at Havana University (UH), where she has been Head of the Department of Ancient History and the Department of History of Pre-Capitalist Developments, Assistant Principal and Head of the Department of History of America, Head of the Department of History of Cuba of the Faculty of Philosophy and History, Member of the Scientific Board in said Faculty and of the Cuban National Archive, Permanent Researcher and Head of the Department of Colonial History of the Institute of History. She has been an Advising Member of the Africa Center, Member of the Scientific Board of Fernando Ortíz Foundation, Vice President of the National Examining Board for Scientific Degrees at the Ministry of Higher Education (MES), Permanent Academician of the Cuban Academy of Sciences, Member of ADHILAC (Association of Latin American and Caribbean History) and Member of the Union of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC).

She is also a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Havana University, of the Editorial Board of the Bulletin of the Cuban National Archive, of the Advising Board of the Ciencias Sociales Publishing House, of the Advising Board of the journal American Debates, and member of UNHIC (National Union of Cuban Historians.

Some of her research projects are:  

• Study of the Cuban Slavery-Based Society in the Second Half of the 19th Century (1986).


• Study of Lobbies in the Cuban-Spanish (1985 - 1986).


• Research on the Structure and Dynamics of the Dominant Class in Cuba 1878 - 1898 (1987 - 1989).


• Research on the Slave Market in Cuba 1790 - 1886 (1989 - 1992).


• Study of the Cuban 1880 - 1898 (1992 - 1993).


• The Clusters of Heritage Wealth in Havana (1992 - 1993).


• Study of the Cuban Society. Lobbies in the Island, their Makeup and Way of Behaving (1993 - 1995).


• From Tradition to Modernity: the Cuban Society between Centuries (1996 - 1998).


• Study of the Popular Strata in Cuba (1880 - 1920): Spanish, Black and Mixed-Blooded Immigrants (1999).

Some of her published works are:  

• History of Antiquity (Chapters on Egypt, China, Mesopotamia and India), Havana University, 1966.


• First Class-Based Societies and Asian Form of Production, R Publishing House, Havana, 1971.


• History of Pre-Capitalist Developments, Publishing House of the Ministry of Higher Education, Havana, 1975.


• Some Theoretical Questions to the Analysis of the Emergence and Crisis of the Slave Plantation, in the journal of the “José Martí” National Library, Havana, No. 3, 1980.


• Abolitionism in Cuba, in the journal Ciencias Sociales, Havana, No. 6, 1984.


• Workforce and Slave Plantation, in the journal of Havana University, Havana, No. 223, 1984.


• About the Emergence of the Nation and Nationality in Cuba, in the journal Ciencias Sociales, Havana, No. 11, 1986.


• Social Classes and Tobacco, a Commentary on its Manufacturing and Monopoly, journal Santiago, Oriente University, No. 63, 1987.


• The Economic Policy of Spain in Cuba, in the journal of Havana University, Havana, No. 228, 1986.


• Slaveholding Bourgeoisie and Abolition , Ciencias Sociales Publishing House, 1987.


• History of Cuba II (1868 - 1898)", Publishing House of the Ministry of Higher Education, Havana, 1989 (in collaboration with Professors Oscar Loyola and Diana Abad).


• Lobbyist Policy of Cuba in Spain , in the journal Santiago No. 76, Oriente University, 1993.


• Emergence of Political Parties in Cuba, in the journal Arbor, No. 567, Madrid, 1993.


• History of Cuba. The Colony, Socioeconomic Evolution and National Formation (1492 - 1867), Editora Política Publishing House, Havana, 1994.


• History of Cuba. Struggles for National Independence and Structural Transformations (1868 - 1898)", Editora Política Publishing House, Havana, 1996.


• Between Power and Crisis: Prostitutes Defend Themselves, in Latin American Women: History and Culture, 16th – 19thCenturies, Casa de las Américas  and Iztapalapa University, Havana, 1997, volume 1, p 263 - 274.


• Social History: a Road or a Crossroads?, American Debates, Havana, No. 3, 1997.


• Elites and Lobbies. Cuba 1878 - 1895, Ciencias Sociales Publishing House, Havana, 1998.


• Turbulence of Rest, Cuba 1880 – 1895, Ciencias Sociales Publishing House, Havana, 1998


• The In-Depth History, in the journal Temas, Havana, 1998.


• Slavery in Cuba. Characterization of its Development, in Illusion of an Empire. Spanish-American Economic Relations in the 19th Century, Proyecto Habana, Alicante University, 1998.


• Women in a New Era: Speeches and Strategies, Temas, No. 22 - 23, Havana, July - December 2000, pp. 34 - 45.


• A Society in Crisis: Havana at the Close of the 19th Century, Ciencias Sociales Publishing House, Havana, 2001.


• The Family: History of its History, in the journal of Havana University, No. 256, Havana, 2002, pp. 48 - 65.


• Popular Strata and Modernity, Cuba 1880 - 1930, Havana, La Fuente Viva Publishing House, Fernando Ortiz Foundation, 2003.


• The Other Family (Relatives, Networks and Offspring of Slaves in Cuba), Havana, Casa de las Américas, 2003.

She has been conferred the following distinctions for her scientific work:  

• Award for Outstanding Result at the Cuban Academy of Sciences, 1996


• Award to the Most Original and Significant Work, Havana University, 1996


• Award for the Direction of History and Societal Development, Havana University, 1997


• Award to the Most Outstanding Researcher Professor, Havana University, 1997


• Award to the Most Outstanding Research Result in Social Sciences by the Cuban Academy of Sciences, 1998


• Provincial Award by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, as a co-author of the paper Cienfuegos 1840 – 1898: Life and Culture in the Societies of Instruction and Recreation, 2002


• "Juan Marinello" Award, 1999


• Medal for the 250th Anniversary of Havana University


• "Rafael María de Mendive" Medal for over 25 Years of Teaching


• Medal by the Cuban Education


• Stamp for the 270th Anniversary of Havana University


• "Pepito Tey" Medal


• "Carlos J. Finlay" Medal


• "Felix Varela" Award conferred by the Economic Society of Friends of the Country


• 2003 Casa de las Américas Award to the book The Other Family (Relatives, Networks and Offsprings of Slaves in Cuba)