Ana is a doctor of sociology and a civil servant of the City Council of Madrid since 1987.  She has developed her professional career in the planning and evaluation of social services, international development cooperation policies, gender equality, and the prevention of gender-based violence, as well as in the areas of elderly care, family and childhood support, and the international coordination of social policy initiatives. She has been the General Director of Gender Equality (2015-2017) and of Family and Childhood (2018-2019). She has collaborated on several postgraduate university courses and has several publications in the field of social policies. She is currently the advisor to the General Coordination of the Area of Social Policies, Family, and Equality of Madrid City Council.