Marina Murillo is from San Fernando in Cadiz. She graduated with a degree in Mathematics in 2010 and in the same year she received the Spanish National Award for the Top Academic Record. She holds a PhD from the Polytechnic University of Valencia and, although she started a post-doctoral position at the Basque Centre for Applied Mathematics, she ended up returning to Castellón to take up a post as a maths professor at the University Jaume I. Marina currently combines teaching with research. The Royal Mathematical Society of Spain together with the BBVA Foundation has selected her as one of the seven most promising young mathematicians in the country, awarding them the Vicent Caselles Prize for Mathematical Research.