Medical doctor from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2006),  PhD in Neuroscience from King’s College London (2010),   post-doctorate at the IMI EuroPain Consortium at Oxford University / King’s College London.

She is currently an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Biological Sciences of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Director of the Núcleo Milenio MiNuSPain. Her laboratory is dedicated to research in neuropathic pain, which is complemented by her clinical work at the Pain Unit at the UC Christus University Hospital (Chile).