Associate Professor in Geography at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Member of “Tourism, Heritage and Development” UCM research group. Bachelor (1999) and PhD in Geography (2007), completed at University Complutense of Madrid (UCM). She has additionally earned a Master's degrees in Cultural heritage management (2006). She has teaching experience and supporting the coordination of research projects in the UCM. Her research examines the relationships and the interdependencies between tourism and historic cities, specifically focusing on how to improve cultural heritage and functionally revitalize historic centers and monumental areas of cities. She is a member of the Spanish Association of Geography (AGE) since 2007.