David Medina, director of Multicultural Community Relations, presents Queen Sofia of Spain a gift on behalf of Rice University at the Julia Ideson Library, where she took part in a ceremony to celebrate the unveiling of the digital Portal of Hispanic History. Queen Sofia was in Houston in May to honor three people from the United States for their efforts at building an appreciation of Spain and the Spanish-speaking world. The recipients were singer Gloria Estefan and her husband Emilio Estefan; MFAH curator of Latin American art Mari Carmen Ramirez; and Ignacio Torras, founder of the restaurants BCN and MAD.