María del Pilar Canales Hernández holds a bachelor’s degree in English Philology from the University of Salamanca and a master’s in ITC on Language Processing and Learning from the UNED, where she wrote her dissertation, “ICT Usage on Mediation Activities in Foreign Language Learning,” for which she was awarded a distinction with honors.
She has extensive experience as an English teacher in Spain’s Official Language Schools. She has been a training coordinator for several years, during which she has collaborated on and coordinated different projects based on ICT digital tools in language learning. At present, she is in charge of ICT coordination at Pozuelo Official Language School and is a member of the teaching staff at the UNED, where she works as an associate professor.