Rebeca Guillén-Peñafiel obtained her PhD from the programme ‘Research in Teaching and Learning Experimental Sciences, Social Sciences, Mathematics, Physical Activity and Sport’ at the University of Extremadura. She holds a Master's degree in Social Science Research and is a member of the Children's and Young Adult Literature in Social Science and Literature Teaching research group. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Science, Language and Literature Teaching at the Faculty of Education and Psychology at the University of Extremadura. She has completed several teaching placements at universities such as the Escola Superior de Educação in Lisbon and the University of Bologna. Her doctoral thesis focused on the dissemination of heritage education in the territories of Monfragüe National Park, Trujillo and Guadalupe, based on the premise of conceiving heritage as an educational and didactic resource that transmits values.