[1] She is best known for her book Un país del porvenir: el afán de modernidad en Puerto Rico (Siglo XIX).
[2] She was a fellow at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies in 2004/2005.
[3] Álvarez Curbelo is a professor of Communications at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus.
She is curator of the Entresiglos, Puerto Rico 1890–1910 exhibition, and the permanent exhibition of the history of San Juan, Puerto Rico, at the Museo de San Juan.
She is currently director of the Centro de Investigaciones en Comunicación (Center for Communications Research) at the University of Puerto Rico.