Gema hold a Ph.D in Information Science and Communication. Her doctoral thesis discusses the development and reuse of open educational resources in higher education.
She works as an associated lecturer at the University of Barcelona (UB) and a research support librarian at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC). She chairs the EMPOWER Knowledge Resources expert group within the EADTU university network and coordinates the open learning resource activities organised by the Repositories Working Group within the REBIUN university network. She also is member of the Research Centre in Information, Communication & Culture (CRICC) & SPARC-European Network of Open Education Library