Gertrudis de la Fuente Sánchez (21 August 1921 – 23 January 2017)[1] was a Spanish biochemist who specialised in enzymology.

Her life and scientific career was partially chronicled in the short film, Gertrudis (la mujer que no enterró sus talentos), which was released in 2016.

Gertrudis de la Fuente Sánchez was born in Madrid, Spain on 21 August 1921, the daughter of a train driver.

[3] She began her research career working for free in the pharmacy faculty with biochemist Santos Ruiz the only professor of biochemistry in Spain.

[citation needed] She was part of the Advisory Commission for Scientific and Technical Research (Comisión Asesora de Investigación Científica y Técnica).