Laura has a strong background in telecommunications and space-related fields, which includes her Master's Degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona and her experience at ESA–ESTEC. Her career has evolved from working on the instrument side to focusing on applications, products, market, and user aspects.
After her time at ESA, she transitioned to the private sector as a Space department Director, accumulating over 15 years of experience in the space market. Later, she founded EarthPulse, a startup that specializes in co-designing and co-developing socio-economic indexes using Earth Observation (EO) and Internet of Things (IoT) data, with a strong emphasis on leveraging AI to make these technologies more accessible to a wider audience.
In addition to her work with EarthPulse, Laura occasionally serves as a consultant for International Funding Institutions and acts as a mentor for various Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), not necessarily confined to the space sector.