Ainara joined FEPS in September 2019. She has almost two decades of professional experience as a communication specialist and multimedia journalist. In Brussels since 2012, she worked as Communications Director at the Women Political Leaders Global Forum; as Communications Coordinator at the European Parliament (Audiovisual Unit); and as Communications Advisor to the Member of the European Parliament and Vice-President of the S&D Group Maria Joâo Rodrigues. As a freelancer, she also has extensive experience as a radio/press/TV journalist and anchor, moderator of conferences and political debates and communication consultant, with a specialisation in EU affairs, welfare, employment and gender issues.

Ainara holds a Master’s in Journalism from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. In the early years of her career, she worked as a Brussels-based multimedia correspondent for the Catalan News Agency and, in Spain, as a reporter and video-journalist for the various TV and radio channels.