She holds a degree in Chemistry (Physical Chemistry) and an MSc in Welding Engineering, both from the University of Vigo (Spain). She began her career at AIMEN in 2007 in the NDT department, specializing in non-destructive testing of materials. With over 12 years of experience in composite materials, manufacturing, and testing. She also spent two months in 2014 at TPRC (ThermoPlastic Research Center), working on composite welding. She has been involved in European, national, and regional R&D projects focused on advanced manufacturing processes for composite and multi-materials in the automotive, naval, aeronautical, and wind sectors. Currently, she works at Advanced Composites Technologies as a Senior Researcher, specializing in infusion manufacturing processes for composite materials.

Since 2011 is Expert for the European Commission at the ESCO board (European Skills/Competences, Qualifications and Ocupations), on the reference group “Agriculture, Forestry, Fishery.

Since 2017, participates at the “Informal expert group on skills and careers development in the blue economy” launched by the Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE).

Trained as an oceanographer specialised on marine biology and aquaculture, she has participated in several fishing and oceanographic surveys, and realised training periods in Universities of Spain, France, Belgium and Portugal; she is fluent in Spanish – castilian and galician - , French, English and is an independent user of Portuguese and Italian.