PhD in Chemical Sciences from the University of Málaga (UMA; 1986), after being a research fellow in Organic Chemistry at University of Málaga (UMA). Career civil servant on leave from Secondary Education in Physics and Chemistry; Permanent training advisor in the scientific-technological field at the Málaga Teacher Training Center (CEPMA; 2005-2019); partial time lecturer at UMA (2010-2019); Contracted Doctorate Professor (2019) and Associate Professor of Science Education (from 2022). Member of the ENCIC research group (HUM-974). My fields are teacher training in scientific literacy, competency-based teaching, and STEM education. She has published more than 80 contributions in indexed journals in JCR, SJR, and FECYT database. Her current work focuses on coordinating the following projects: "Use of scientific practices in STEAM projects. Approach from professional competencies" and “CITIZENSHIP. Development with processes of inquiry and argumentation in science teacher training and teaching. Identity, environments and gender study’, (EduCA-STE(A)M). (Spanish R+I+i National Plan PID 2023-147028NB-I00); https://sites.google.com/view/educa-steam. She coordinates transfer activities promoting scientific inquiry with project-based learning (PBL) in teaching practices. She participates as tutor in pH-D programs: “the Interuniversity Program in Science Education”, and “Education and Social Communication”. Membership in ESERA, APICE (Teachers and Research Spanish) associations