Her research focuses on the social, political and cultural participation of Uruguayan women in the 19th and 20th centuries.
In 1974, she obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Historical Sciences with a minor in Research from the University of the Republic of Uruguay.
At the same institution, she obtained her Master's Degree in Human Sciences with a minor in Latin American Studies in 2002.
Her thesis was titled "The eugenic utopia: race, sex and gender in population policies in Uruguay (1920-1945)".
Her areas of research focus on the participation of women in social, cultural and political life in Uruguay and in the Río de la Plata region in the 19th and 20th centuries, with a particular emphasis on the memory of the civic-military dictatorship from a gender perspective.