Associate Professor at the University of Barcelona. PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a Fulbright fellow. Her research focuses on the analysis of memories of adverse life experiences, with a focus on violent relationships, and their impact in health and wellbeing. Racionero-Plaza has published this work in scientific journals, such as Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, BMC Women's Health, and Journal of Urban Heath. She is board member of the Research Network on Sociology of Health and Medicine of the European Sociological Association.