Writer, professor and human rights advocate. I have a PhD in communication and conflict, with a focus on the Middle East and the Mediterranean region, See my profile on LinkedIn.
Between 2014 and 2025, I worked as a media outreach lead for APC.org, a network of human rights defenders committed to supporting organizations, social movements and individuals through the use of information and communication technologies.
I am a co-founder of SyriaUntold, a digital archive on the Syrian civil movement and its creative and artistic content. It was launched by a group of Syrian journalists, writers, programmers and designers based inside Syria and abroad.
I have written for Diario Público, El País, Eldiario.es. Global Voices Online, Global Voices Advocacy, Al-Jazeera, Deutsche Welle and Open Democracy. I have also worked as a researcher for projects such as the Web Index, which analyses the state of the internet per country and scope, and been a jury member for awards including the Prix Ars Electronica and The Bobs Awards, the world’s largest international blog competition, sponsored by German International Broadcasting Service Deutsche Welle.
I regularly speak at conferences and give trainings and workshops. Among many others, this has included the Newsxchange conference, the Campus Party Millenium, the re:publica event and the Ars Electronica Festival.
I hold bachelor degrees in English Studies from the University of Santiago de Compostela and in Arabic Studies from the University of Granada. I hold master´s degrees in International Cooperation, Literary Criticism and Journalism and Media Studies at Carlos III University.
I speak Spanish, English, Arabic and Galician and I have lived in Spain, Syria, Mexico, the United States and Morocco.
My first novel, Cuando la revolución termine was re-published by Pepitas de Calabaza in 2025. It was to French under the title Quand Damas refleurirá by Presses de la Cité.
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