Sara possesses a PhD in Social Sciencies from the Universidad de Salamanca, Spain. She has a master’s degree in cooperation and development  from the Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy, and a becholor’s in international and diplomatic sciencies from the Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italia. She is a member of the South-South cooperation research group of the Red Española de Estudios del Desarrollo (REEDES), and has participated as a speaker in several international events. Sara is currently a research professor at the Centro de Economía y Sectores Estratégicos en el Instituto de Altos Estudios Nacionales, (IAEN), in Ecuador.