Graduated from Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona Veterinary school in 2003. Gloria has a Masters in Veterinary Research which she completed with a project on the sparid fish intestinal parasite Enteromyxum leei. She has worked for private veterinary laboratories as a veterinarian pathologist carrying out a significant amount of work on fish. Her expertise includes a wide variety of diagnostic tools: histopathology, citology, microbiology, mollecular biology and clinical biochemistry. Her professional experience also includes working in the pathology laboratory at Skretting (Spain).