A doctoral candidate in Languages and Cultures and a lecturer in the Department of Philology at the University of Huelva, she researches the reading process of Spanish as an additional language. She holds a degree in Hispanic Philology from the University of Jaén and two master's degrees from the University of Granada. She has been a research trainee on a competitive project funded by the Regional Government of Andalusia and has undertaken research stays at Aix-Marseille University (France) and the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium). She is a member of the ReALL Research Group (HUM-657) and COIDESO. Her publications and presentations focus on reading, adult literacy, multilingualism, and language teaching.