PhD in Health Sciences, Master’s degree in Public Health, and Registered Dietitian-Nutritionist.

She is a lecturer in the Department of Community Nursing, Preventive Medicine, Public Health and History of Science at the University of Alicante, where she teaches on the Bachelor’s Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics, the Bachelor’s Degree in Gastronomy and Culinary Arts, the Master’s Degree in Public Health, the Master’s Degree in Health Sciences Research, and the Master’s Degree in Secondary Education, Upper Secondary Education, Vocational Training and Language Teaching.

She is a member of the Research Group on the History of Science, Health Care and Food (Balmis), the Research Group on Applied Dietetics, Nutrition and Body Composition (DANuC), and the University Institute for Gender Studies Research.

She has participated in a range of nationally, regionally and locally funded research projects focusing on food and nutrition, public health, sustainability and gender perspectives.

She is a full member of the Spanish Academy of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Deputy Director of the Carmencita Chair for the Study of Gastronomic Flavour at the University of Alicante, and a member of several scientific societies.

For seven seasons, she co-directed El Setrill, a podcast focusing on gastronomy, culinary traditions and health.

Her main research interests include gastronomy, culinary traditions and health; women and the history of gastronomy; the history of community nutrition; food and nutrition education; and nutrition policies in Spain.

She was awarded the XLIV Premi 25 d’Abril Vila de Benissa 2024, in the research category, for La cuina de les polopines: una aportació a la cuina de La Marina, co-authored with Virginia Rubio Berenguer. She also received the VI Premio del Libro de Cocina, Salud y Sostenibilidad, as part of the Premios Literarios Internacionales Ciudad de Benicarló, for the monograph Cuineres del territori. La memòria dels menjars de les comarques de la Marina en l’obra del folklorista Francisco G. Seijo Alonso (1925–2013), co-authored with Josep Bernabeu-Mestre and published by Edicions Onada (2021).