After obtaining her Bachelor’s Degree in Hispanic Philology (1992), Marta Pino spent several years working as a linguistics researcher, first at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven, Belgium, 1992-1994) and later at the Real Academia Española (1995-2000), as the technical expert in charge of the codification of the CREA and CORDE language corpora. During the same period, she also prepared her PhD thesis, which she presented in 2000 at the Universidad de Santiago, obtaining the qualification of Doctor in Hispanic Philology and Doctor Europaeus.

From the start of her research career she has been involved in a number of Spanish and European research projects. She has undertaken research and teaching work in several institutions.