Maribel del Pozo holds a BA in Spanish Philology from the National University of Ireland, and a BA and PhD in Translation & Interpretation from Universidade de Vigo, where she is Vice Rector for Internationalisation. She was Assistant Dean for International Relations and Spokesperson for Gender Equality at the Faculty of Philology & Translation.
Her teaching experience covers graduate and postgraduate programs in Spain and abroad and has supervised many PhD and Bachelor’s theses. She leads the Teaching Innovation Group "LINKTERPRETING: Teaching from a Human Rights Viewpoint".
She has coordinated many European projects, including SOS-VICS and JUSTISIGNS2, or MELINCO. She has developed research stays in Canada, Portugal, Belgium, or Australia. She has presented at numerous international conferences and has considerable experience in organizing international academic events.
She represents the UVigo on the Spanish Universities Association for Official Translation & Interpretation Degree Programs (AUnETI) and on the European University ATHENA. She advises the Spanish Ministry of Justice on drafting laws to protect the linguistic rights of foreigners, particularly vulnerable groups.
