She received her PhD in Art History from Universitat Autónoma of Barcelona. Her research has focused on material religion, especially on the devotion of Saint James the Apostle both in terms of iconography and rituality. She has also done research on the celebration of Christmas in Chile during the last two centuries. Her publications include: “From the Feast Day in Belén to the Museum in Salta: Three-Dimensional Images of Saint James the Apostle in Two Different Contexts” in Material Religion: The Journal of Objects, Art and Belief (Vol 13, 2017); “Christmas Nativity Scenes in Late Nineteenth-Century Santiago de Chile” in The Oxford Handbook of Material Culture (in press); and “San Santiago de Belén: Un Guerrero más allá de las Fronteras,” in Fronteras: Procesos y Practicas de Integración y Conflicto entre Europa y América (siglos XVI-XX)(Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2016).