Ana Pardo Fanjul holds a degree in Economics and Business Studies from the University of Valladolid. She defended her doctoral thesis in the Economics of European Integration programme at the University of León, earning the distinction Cum Laude and the Extraordinary Doctorate Award in Economics.

She is the author of eleven publications in scientific journals, all included in prestigious academic databases — two indexed in the Web of Science (JCR), one of which is Q1, and another four in SJR Scopus, also including one Q1 publication. Among these, the article co-authored with Professor Díez Modino (2020) and titled "Depopulation, ageing and social policies in Castilla y León" (Revista Galega de Economía, 29(2), 1–18) stands out. “Despoblación, envejecimiento y políticas sociales en Castilla y León” (Revista Galega de Economía, 29(2), 1–18).

She has contributed to eight published books, including works awarded the IV and V Prize in the Studies Collection of the Economic and Social Council of Castilla y León. She was a member of the statistical team responsible for the preparation of the Boletín Económico de Castilla y León and Previsiones Económicas de Castilla y León periodicals for ten years.

Since 2017, she has been a member of the Applied Economics Research Group (GIEA) and has served on the scientific or organising committees of six nationally and internationally relevant academic conferences. She is also a member of four scientific societies, and currently serves as Secretary-Treasurer of the Asociación Castellano Leonesa de Ciencia Regional.

With over thirty years of full-time teaching experience at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, she was awarded the University of León's 2014 Innovation in Teaching Award, which resulted in a related publication. She is a member of the Teaching Innovation Group Economía, Comunicación y Arte, and has taught in the Castilla y León Inter-University Programme for Seniors for three years, as well as in the Research/Excellence Baccalaureate Programme for four years. She has supervised more than twenty undergraduate theses (TFG) and eight master's theses (TFM).

She has held numerous academic management positions: Vice-Dean of Academic Activity in the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies since 2023, Deputy Director of the Department of Economics and Statistics from 2011 to 2023, and Secretary of the same department for eight years. She also served as Coordinator of the Degree in Economics for five years and Coordinator of the first year of the programme for seven years.