She obtained her PhD from the Department of Economics at Universidad de Alcalá de Henares in Madrid, Spain, in 2007. She graduated in B.Sc Economics from the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina. Subsequently, she obtained her Diploma de Estudios Avanzados (Equivalent to M.Sc in Economics) in 2003. Her main research interest is applied labour economics, with a particular focus on issues of immigration.