A qualified lawyer in Spain, her main teaching and research interests lie in the fields of competition law, communications law, EU law, and the regulation of gambling. In 2007 she was awarded a PhD from the European University Institute in Florence (Italy). She also holds an LLM in EU Law from the University Carlos III of Madrid. Sandra is a member of the Competition Law Scholars Forum, a Fellow of the Transatlantic Technology Law Forum of Stanford University (USA), and an Associate Researcher at the Institute of European Studies in Madrid. She is also the founder of the Communications Policy and Regulation Scholars Forum, the co-founder of the International Gambling Policy and Regulation Network (IGPR-Net) and an assistant editor of the International Journal of Communications Law and Policy.