Andrea Izquierdo holds a PhD in Educational Research, awarded cum laude by the University of Alicante (UA). She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactics at the same university. During her academic career at the University of Alicante, she was awarded a Collaboration Grant from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Vocational Training in the Department of Developmental Psychology and Didactics. She also held a predoctoral training contract (UAFPU21-54). Her research focuses on the implementation of programs aimed at developing socio-emotional competencies in educational contexts. She is an active member of the SOCEDU research group (VIGROB-140) and has participated in several research projects, including a current project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (PID2024-157087OA-I00). She has presented papers at national and international conferences and has published articles in scientific journals, a single-author book, and numerous book chapters with prestigious publishers such as Octaedro and Dykinson. Regarding her teaching activity, she lectures in the Undergraduate Degrees in Early Childhood Education and Primary Education, as well as in the Master’s Degree in Teacher Training for Compulsory Secondary Education and Upper Secondary Education, Vocational Training and Language Teaching at the UA.