She was the first woman to be president of the state-owned railway company Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (ADIF) from 2018 to 2021 and was Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transport and Housing from 2021 to 2023.

Her father Gerardo Pardo de Vera [gl] was the first democratically elected mayor of Becerreá in the Province of Lugo for the People's Alliance and her sister Ana became a journalist.

[2] Pardo de Vera finished her studies in road, canal and port engineering at University of A Coruña in July 2001.

[5] In July 2018, she was named Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transport and Housing in the government of Pedro Sánchez of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).

[3] Pardo de Vera resigned on 20 February 2023, as did Isaías Tabóas, the president of state railway operator Renfe.