Nuria is a Telecommunications Engineer from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya; an MBA from ESIC-Business&Marketing School; Erasmus Mundus European Master in the Design and Management of Lifelong Learning Policies from the University College of London and PhD in Sociology of Education from the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU). She has the IC-A (Institute of Directors and Administrators) Certificate for Good Corporate Governance.
In the technological field, she has been a systems technician at Osakidetza-Basque Public Healthcare System and was responsible for computer science at Mendaro Hospital. She has participated in research projects in digital technology at Vicomtech (specialized technological center in Artificial Intelligence, Visual Computing and Interaction).
In the management area, she has served as transport and public works adviser to the Basque Government and as Secretary General of Confebask (Basque business organization). She is currently Executive Director at the EKI Foundation (Supply of Photovoltaic Installations in Sub-Saharan Africa)
She has taught at Deusto Business School and at the Public University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU). She is a member of the Governing Board of the University of Deusto and of the Executive Committee of UNESCO Etxea (Basque Association for UNESCO).