Nuria is part of the Programmes Department, where she contributes to the design and monitoring of initiatives aimed at strengthening democracy and global governance. Her work focuses particularly on projects that promote gender equality and the protection of human rights, especially those related to environmental and territorial defense.
She has worked for the United Nations Development Programme, the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office, and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) in Honduras and Belize, participating in initiatives related to democratic governance, human rights, and gender equality. She also has experience collaborating with civil society organizations in the Philippines on issues concerning migrants and refugees.
Previously, she was part of the International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies (FIIAPP), the Spanish public-sector foundation. Her work focused on drug policy with a human-rights-based approach, particularly in Latin American and Caribbean countries, within the framework of the COPOLAD programme, an initiative aimed at promoting inclusive, evidence-based, and human-rights–respectful drug policies.
She holds a Law degree and a Master’s degree in Gender Studies from the Autonomous University of Madrid, as well as postgraduate studies in International Development Cooperation, International Law, and International Relations from the Complutense University of Madrid. She has also completed the interdisciplinary human rights course of the Inter-American Institute of Human Rights.