María holds a degree in Law and Global Governance from ESADE, a Master’s degree in Access to the Legal Profession from the Complutense University of Madrid, and another in Geopolitics and Strategic Studies from the Carlos III University of Madrid. She has worked at the Spanish Embassy in Rome, at the State Attorney’s Office before the Court of Justice of the EU, and at research centres such as the Centre for the Study of the Presidency and the Congress (CSPC). She is fluent in Spanish and Italian, with advanced proficiency in English and working knowledge of French