Dr De Dios pursued a bachelor’s degree in Psychology (specialisation in Neuropsychology) in Madrid, Spain, before moving to the United Kingdom to pursue further education and a career in academia. Her research at the University of Manchester involved collaborations on various projects aiming to understand cognition and language deficits in people with MS.

Her current work, leading from her PhD at the University of Nottingham largely focuses ondeveloping vocational rehabilitation interventions for people with MS, with a focus on supporting job retention.