Rocío Velasco is doing her PhD in Group Theory at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). Sha has a Bachelor in Mathematics from UAM (2017) and a Master in Advanced Mathematics from Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - UNED (2021). 

While completing her master’, and prior to working for CUNEF Universidad, she worked in cybersecurity auditing, and coordinated and implemented workflow systems for international event logistics. She later published a paper based on her research during this time.