She leads the Music Information Research (MIR) lab of the Music Technology Group (MTG). She graduated as a Telecommunication Engineer specialized in Signal Processing at Universidad de Sevilla. She received a DEA in Acoustics, Signal Processing and Computer Science applied to Music (ATIAM) at IRCAM, Paris. In 2006, she completed her PhD in Computer Science and Digital Communication at the UPF, on the topic of Tonal Description of Music Audio Signals.