She is a Professor of Galician Literature at the University of Santiago de Compostela and expert on contemporary fiction and theatre. She usually practises literary criticism and is the author of many works on these subjects.
She is the coordinator and joint author of Diccionario da Literatura Galega (Galaxia, 4 volumes), director of Anuario de Estudios Literarios Galegos and collaborator of the programme Diario Cultural on Galician Radio and TV every week.
She is a member of the editorial staff of the magazine 'Grial' and translated into Galician works by Bernard-Marie Koltés, Roberto Cossa, Philippe Minyana and Amèlie Nothomb and into Castilian works by Manuel Rivas, Suso de Toro and Antón Lobo Antunes.