ɪɾ ɪz ʌŋklˈɪɹ wˈɛðɚ ʃiː stˈʌdid njuːtɹˈɪʃən æt ðə jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv lˈʌndən dˈʊɹɹɪŋ ðɪ ˈɜːli nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi z, ɔːɹ ɪf ʃiː ɐtˈɛndᵻd hˈɑːɹvɚd ænd ˌɛmˌaɪtˈiː ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti z, ɔːɹ wˈɛðɚ ʃiː kəmplˈiːɾᵻd hɜː dˈɑːktɚɹˌeɪt dᵻɡɹˈiː ɪn hɐvˈænə ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti fˈaɪv.
It is unclear whether she studied nutrition at the University of London during the early 1940s, or if she attended Harvard and MIT in the 1950s, or whether she completed her doctorate degree in Havana in 1955.