Alba has an MSc degree in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy from the Universitat de València. She completed her 4-year residency in clinical psychology in 2017 at the Hospital Lluís Alcanyís, Xàtiva. Over the years, she has worked as a child and adolescent psychologist in several centres in Spain, France, and the US.

Currently, Alba holds a 2-year Alicia Koplowitz advanced training fellowship, which she is developing at the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.

She is part of Professor David Mataix-Cols’ research group. She is now focused on her PhD studies. During the past two years, Alba has been actively involved in research studies related to clinical psychology and psychiatric epidemiology in the field of anxiety and trauma-related disorders.