Widely recognized for her work, she has received the Pedro Henríquez Ureña Gold Medal from the Government of the Dominican Republic, the International José Martí Prize from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella, among other honors.
Though it was difficult, Albert completed her primary and secondary education, while working to help her family meet their basic needs after her father's death.
The Escuela Nuestra Señora de La Altagracia (Our Lady of Grace School) served student in the low-income areas, where she had grown up.
[1] Albert returned to Santo Domingo and began working as curriculum director of social sciences for the Ministry of Education.
[1] She and other scholars began challenging the official history of the country, which omitted the contributions of the black population of the island,[4] or if they were included, depicted those with African heritage as having lower-status, or subservient roles.
[5] Her first book, Los africanos y nuestra isla (Historia, cultura e identidad) (The Africans and our Island (History, Culture and Identity), was published in 1987.
She continues to publish on the subject, with essays and texts like República Dominicana: Primer País afrodescendiente de América (Dominican Republic: First Afro-descendant Country in America, 2014) and Diversidad e identidad en República Dominicana (Diversity and identity in the Dominican Republic, 2014).