She obtained her Bachelor degree in Psychology from Universitat de Barcelona in 2005 and received her PhD in Psychiatry from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 2012. She did a predoctoral stay at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm (2010). Her research focuses on the study of fear and anxiety and emotional learning (from rats to humans). In particular, she is interested in how stressors can modulate fear conditioning via HPA axis dysregulation or amygdala dysfunction. As a therapist, she has been focused on anxiety disorders and stress. She has co-authored more than 15 scientific articles and has six publications in first quartile journals. She has also coorganised several scientific conferences.