Mayte Cantero Sánchez graduated in Humanities (UAB, 2014) and Philosophy (UAB, 2015), with master's degrees in Cultural Studies (UB, 2016) and in Gender and Social Change Studies (Linköping University, Sweden, 2022).

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Her research focuses on gender, racism, diversity, cultural phenomena and human rights in Latin America and Europe, especially in Spain and Portugal. She specializes in gender studies, intersectionality and sociology of knowledge. In her doctoral thesis she analyzed the notion of intersectionality in Ibero-American academic production, exploring how this concept can serve as a bridge between academic discourse and social movements. Her work seeks a critical understanding of the intersections between identity, inequality and power.

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During her doctorate she taught one undergraduate course and two master's courses at the UAB, and was a visiting professor in postgraduate courses at the University of Barcelona, the University of Chile and the Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil). It participates in international projects on gender, human rights and intersectionality, and is part of Ibero-American networks such as CLACSO and the LIESS Network.

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He has completed predoctoral stays at institutions such as Université Paris 8, Utrecht University, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) and the University of Texas at Austin, with competitive funding (ERASMUS+, Banco Santander, among others). After receiving his doctorate in 2024, he did a stay at the NGO Colombia Diversa (FAS-UAB) and a postdoctoral stay at the Universidade Federal da Bahia (Brazil), where he researched contemporary critical discourses against woke culture and LGBTI+ and black identities.

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She has also coordinated academic events, worked as a research technician and developed outreach activities on gender and LGBTI+ rights.