She obtained her Master’s and PhD degrees in the Autonoma University (Madrid, Spain) in the years 1991 and 1995, respectively. Since 2008 she is a staff scientist of the Spanish National Research Council on the CBMSO, where she owns the lab “Lipids in neuronal physiology and pathology”. Her research is focused on the contribution of cholesterol and sphingolipids to neuronal physiology and aging and on the pathological consequences of their alterations in lipid storage disorders such as Niemann Pick diseases. In her words: "To this aim we use mice in which the metabolism of these lipids has been genetically altered allowing in vivo analysis and the preclinical assessment of potential therapies. Our studies have unveiled the important role of sphingomyelin or cholesterol in neuronal polarity, autophagy, calcium homeostasis, synaptic plasticity and neuroinflammation. In addition, to acquire basic knowledge about the role of lipids in neurons our research has a clear translational side. This has fostered contact with and support from national and international patient family associations and with Biotech companies and the filing of several patents and participation in the design of one clinical trial in Niemann Pick type C patients." She is a reviewer for the Spanish (ANEP), Belgian (FWO), French (ANR), Argentinian (FONCyT) and European (JPND) Agencies of Scientific Evaluation.