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Alejandro Geraldini, the first resident bishop of Santo Domingo (
Itinerarium ad regines sub Equinoctiali plaga
constitutas
, Genoa 2017;
Letters and Prayers
, Rome 2018).
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Blanca Delgado Malagón
Delgado Malagón was born in La Vega, Dominican Republic, in 1946. She studied at the Autonomous Univer-
sity of Santo Domingo, University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, and Universidad Civil de Salamanca (Spain).
For more than 30 years, she worked on a series of editorial projects on national issues along with Arístides
Incháustegui. From 1993-1996, they were responsible for the Collection for the Sesquicentennial of Nation-
al Independence, which published and reprinted approximately 40 volumes of Dominican works, including
works by prominent historian
Vetilio Alfau Durán en Clío,
three volumes (1994), in
Listín Diario
, two volumes
(1995) and in
Anales
(1997); the edition of the books
Abigail Mejía: Obras escogidas
, two volumes (1995);
Epis-
tolario de la familia Henríquez Ureña
, two volumes (1996); and
Lectures from International Week in honor of Pedro
Henríquez Ureña on the fiftieth anniversary of his death, 1946-1996
(1996), among others. In 1997, they published
the complete collection of Dominican Notebooks on Culture in eight volumes, as a Special Publication by
the Reservas Bank of the Dominican Republic. In addition, they published the posthumous edition of
La
naturaleza dominicana
(2006) in six volumes, which include all of the articles published in
El Caribe
by Félix
Servio Ducoudray during the years 1978-1989. In 2014, she created the catalogue for the Biblioteca Arístides
Incháustegui (BAI) library at the Dominican National Archives, composed of 592 pages, as the 207th Volume
for that institution.
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Edwin Espinal Hernández
A practicing attorney and notary public, Espinal Hernández holds a law degree from Pontificia Universidad
Católica Madre y Maestra, as well as a master’s degree in Civil Procedure, a doctorate in Labor Law and Social
Security, and a degree in University Instruction, awarded from the same university. He completed a graduate
program in Copyright and Related Rights Legislation at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina and a de-
gree program in Copyright and Related Rights Legislation at Universidad EAFIT in Medellin, Colombia. From
2002-2004, he held the position of Director of the National Copyright Office (ONDA). He is a professor of In-
tellectual Property at the Dominican Academy of History. He is the author of the following books on history
and genealogy:
Nosotros, la familia Pichardo Román, estudio genealógico
(1990);
Construyendo el progreso de Santiago
Historia de la Asociación Cibao de Ahorros y Préstamos
(1998);
Santiago, la provincia más provincia: a 155 años de su
creación
(2000);
Asociación para el Desarrollo, Inc. - 40 años, una historia
(2001);
De mi quehacer genealógico
(2003);
Historia social de Santiago de los Caballeros 1863-1900
(2005);
Manuel de Jesús Tavares Portes en el centenario de su
fallecimiento, 1906-2006
(which was awarded the Eduardo León Jimenes National Book Fair Prize in 2006);
José
Batlle Filbá: del Maresme catalán al Cibao dominicano
(2007); and
El Monumento a los Héroes de la Restauración: his-
toria y arquitectura
(2008).
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Diego Alejandro Fernández Mena
Fernández Mena was born in San Francisco de Macorís, Dominican Republic, in March 1976. From an early
age he stood out academically and became part of a select group of secondary students honored as Young
National Talent by the Technological Institute of Santo Domingo, as part of the nationwide program for the
recognition and identification of outstanding students (PIES). He graduated from the Technological Institute
of Santo Domingo as an electrical engineer; in addition, he received a dual MBA degree from the BARNA
School of Business and the University of Barcelona. Diego Fernández lives with his family in La Romana,
where he is passionate about the production of plants and the development of landscaping to create a green-
er world. In addition, during his free time he is also an editor of specialized media, with writings on social
reality for digital media and on his love for poetry. He is known for his pro bono work and contributions
to the welfare of the Italian community in the Dominican Republic carried out through the Committee for
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