Associate Professor at Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) where she has been working since 2008. Director of Permanent Seminar On Gender Violence at UC3M. Member of the Institute for Gender Studies at UC3M. Member of Spanish Women in International Security (SWIIS).

Ph. D. in Journalism –International Public Law and International Relations Department – at Complutense University of Madrid. She is an expert in the so- called Eastern European countries. She has completed a professional course on “Organized Crime and Transnational Threats” at Centro Superior de Estudios de la Defensa Nacional (CESEDEN).