Pilar is a Research Associate on the Panama Education Project. She holds a Bachelor's degree in International Economics from Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona, Spain) and Sciences Po Paris (France) and a Master's Degree in International Tradefrom  ICEX-CECO (Madrid, Spain).
She previously worked in economic monitoring and trade promotion in the Spanish Economic and Commercial Office in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and as project manager of social and environmental innovation projects in Impact Hub Madrid (Spain).