Claim: Ernestina Lecuona completed her first work Habanera Luisa, she made contact with singer Jessica Dragonette and was invited to New York City.
Evidence: At the age of 15, Lecuona completed her first work Habanera Luisa, which was published widely in Cuba and Spain by Anselmo López in 1897. She made contact with singer Jessica Dragonette, who added some of Lecuona's works to her repertoire. She gave early music lessons to her brother Ernesto, and in 1936 was invited to New York City by the Pan American Union, where she accompanied the Mexican tenor Tito Guizar.