I am a graduate in Geography and History by the Complutense University (Madrid) with a two year specialisation in History of Art. I hold a Master in Islamic Art awarded by the University of Edinburgh though through which I carried out research in Islamic Spain. My particular interest was to investigate how the Muslim comunity maintain their culture heritage throudh different art manifestations during Christian time. I also hold a Masters in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language awarded by the University Antonio Nebrija (Madrid). My particular area of research in my dissertation focused on language learning strategies to foster oral communication. I completed my doctoral studies in DCU. My PhD proposes a design-based classroom research which examines new multimodal pedagogies in the Spanish as a second language classroom.

I have a wide range of experience teaching Spanish Language and Culture in different Institutions across Europe, including, College of Europe in Belgium, Instituto Cervantes (Athens & Brussels) and the Institute for Applied Language Studies (University of Edinburgh) where I was Assistant Course Director of the Spanish Section. During my professional career I have engaged in different teacher training programs and research projects.