I studied for her DVM at the University of Barcelona, Spain. After completing my PhD in Medicine and Animal Health at the Centre of Research in Animal Health (CReSA), Barcelona, I took up a post-doctoral position at Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC), USA. During this time, I worked on the innate immune response and the use of biotherapeutics for controlling foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). I then moved to a second postdoc at The Pirbright Institute, in the UK, where I am currently investigating the development of new vaccines against FMD and the persistence of FMD virus in mice models and in its natural host, the African buffalo.