De Moya was the first Dominican presidential wife to be called "first lady", a title which came into widespread public usage during her third tenure from 1924 to 1930.
[2][3][1] Trina de Moya's best known literary works include the Dominican version of Himno a la Madre [es], a Latin American hymn dedicated to mothers, which premiered on May 30, 1926.
[2] Using the pseudonym T. Colombina, de Moya penned a poem called "El estudio" (The Study), which was first published in the Ilustrada No.16 literary magazine on March 15, 1899.
First Lady de Moya and Dominican educator Ercilia Pepín were among the first to promote Mother's Day as a new national holiday beginning in 1926.
[9] Trina de Moya wrote the Dominican version of Himno a la Madre [es], a popular Latin American hymn dedicated to mothers.
[4] To mark the first official Mother's Day, Himno a la Madre premiered in a choir performance at the Church and Convent of the Dominicans [es] in Santo Domingo on 30 May 1926, with accompanying music composed by Father Manuel de Jesús González.
[2] President Horacio Vásquez was overthrown in a 1930 coup led by Rafael Trujillo, the dictator who would rule the Dominican Republic for the next thirty years.
[10] In 1989, President Joaquín Balaguer ordered de Moya's remains to be reburied in the National Pantheon of the Dominican Republic in Santo Domingo, but her body was not relocated.
[6] The foundation announced plans to restore the residence and turn it into a museum dedicated to Horacio Vásquez and Trina de Moya.
[12] Three other new Line 2B metro stations were also named for noted Dominican women: educator Ercilia Pepín and pro-independence activists Concepción Bona and Rosa Duarte.