Born in Wisconsin, USA, to Spanish parents, raised between California and Spain, in Madrid I lived Spain’s transition to democracy, was a racetrack jockey, and obtained a Biology degree from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. At 23 I moved back to the US and earned an MS in Marine Sciences from the University of California, Santa Cruz. I worked for Fish and Wildlife Service in Alaska and for the Environmental Department of Navarra, Spain. In Athens, Georgia (USA), I obtained a PhD in Genetics from the University of Georgia and met my husband. I had my two children as I worked as a postdoctoral fellow and associate specialist first at the University of California, Davis, and later at the University of California, Berkeley, on computational modeling of symbionts, HIV, tuberculosis, and hepatitis C. I’m published in science, have a KQED article on flamenco, and dance flamenco semiprofessionally.

Writing fiction is my true calling, and I’m eager to spill my motley life onto the page. I’ve reoriented my career to become a professional writer delving in social justice, nature, women themes, and science/public health.