Before starting my PhD I got a BSc in Biochemistry before completing a MSc in Genetics and Cell Biology at Autonoma University of Madrid, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and Alcala de Henares University.

During those years, I was involved in lab research in Manuel Benito’s lab in UCM. The main project I worked in was “The involvement of human amylin during the prediabetes-onset type 2 diabetes transition: a possible role on the regulation of brain-pancreatic flux”.

Spending time with hard working individuals and experts in their field gave me the proper tools and perspective to start my PhD in the following years.