Marta Fernández Prieto is an Associate Professor of Labour and Social Security Law at the University of Vigo. Her research focuses on the free movement of workers, equality and non-discrimination, work-life balance, retirement, and youth employment integration.

With a strong academic background, she earned her PhD in Law from the University of Vigo in 1998. She has held various teaching and research positions, including a pre-doctoral fellowship from the Xunta de Galicia, and has been a faculty member at the University of Vigo since 1998.