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Berta Rojas is an internationally acclaimed classical guitarist, educator and advocate of Paraguayan music. Nominated for three Latin Grammy Awards, Rojas ranks amongst the most influential women in the Hispanic world (EFE and EsGlobal 2014; 2017). She has been named a Fellow of the Americas by the US Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for her artistic excellence, and was honored by her country with the title Illlustrious Ambassador of Musical Art. In 2015, she was awarded the National Order of Merit of the Comuneros, and the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by two Paraguayan universities. In 2017, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to culture, she received both the National Order of Merit Don José Falcón and the Carlos Colombino Award. In 2017, Rojas joined the prestigious Berklee College of Music as Associate Professor, being the first Latin American classical guitar professor to share her knowledge and love of music with a select group of young guitarists from all over the world.