Academic qualifications
·   PhD in Biological and Health Anthropology (RD778/98), University of Alicante, 2005, with a cum laude distinction (the panel’s decision was unanimous).
·   Second-Cycle Undergraduate Degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, 2001.
·   First-Cycle Undergraduate Degree in Nursing, University of Alicante’s Nursing School (affiliated with the Spanish National Health Institute), 1986.
 
Professional career
·   Senior university lecturer. Permanent civil servant since 2015.
·   Senior university school lecturer, 1992-2015. Permanent civil servant since 1994.
·   University school teaching assistant, 1989-1992.
·   Full-time associate lecturer, 1988-1989.
·   Nurse (temporary position), Sax-Salinas Healthcare Centre, 1987-1988.
·   Nurse, Alicante Hospital A&E Service-Spanish National Health Institute, Valencia Region Health Service (SERVASA), 1987.
 
Teaching and professional experience
As a lecturer, she has six 5-year teaching activity periods recognised in accordance with the provisions of Spanish Royal Decree 1086/1989, having taught on first-cycle undergraduate degrees, undergraduate degrees, and postgraduate and doctoral programmes for 34 academic years. On average, she has delivered a mean of 300 hours of teaching per academic year, and her teaching has been highly rated.
She has delivered courses in which the medium of instruction was English, besides participating as a lecturer in five specialisation programmes and in the University of Alicante’s Lifelong Learning Programme (UPUA).
Ms Pérez Cañaveras is equally interested in educational innovation, as she has been involved in 30 educational training and research projects funded with €82,829 in total. Furthermore, she has taken part in the University of Alicante’s Tutorial Action Programme.
 
Management positions
She has held more than 40 management positions. Most notably, she has served as secretary of the University of Alicante’s Health and Safety Committee (1996-2000), secretary of the University of Alicante’s Department of Nursing (1995-1997) and coordinator of the Sax-Salinas Healthcare Centre.