Industrial technical engineer specializing in Chemistry from the Polytechnic University School of Girona (1981) and Agricultural Technical Engineer from the Polytechnic University School of Girona (1985). Senior researcher of the Product Quality program. Her main lines of research are the classification of pig carcasses (she is the National Expert on these issues and advisor to the MAPAMA since 2000) and the quality of the meat, as well as aspects related to slaughterhouses and 'dismemberment.