Raquel Martínez-Gómez López was born in Albacete in 1973. She has a PhD in Information Sciences from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and specialises in International Relations. Her professional career is centred on the sector of co-operative development and she has taken part in a number of university exchange programmes in Mexico, Argentina and Cuba. She currently lives in Madrid and is in charge of commiunications at the Fundación Carolina.