Doctor in Political Science and a Professor in the Department of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Santiago de Compostela from 2008. She belongs to the Political Research Team at the same university. She has presented numerous communications at national and international conferences, and participated in numerous contracts and research projects, some of which she has directed as principal researcher. Among her most recent publications are “Emotions and voting decisions: components of the vote in the general elections of 2016 in Spain” in the Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (Journal Citation Reports) and “La movilización y la abstención individuales: perfiles y motivaciones” in the book Las elecciones autonómicas de 2015 y 2016 by the Centre of Sociological Research.