PhD in Sociology, specializing in Social Change in Contemporary Societies from the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain. She is a professor at Escuela de Ciencias de la Comunicación Colectiva and a researcher at the Centro de Investigación en Comunicación (CICOM) of the Universidad de Costa Rica. Carolina has a master's degree in Political Communication from Emerson College (Boston, United States) and a bachelor's degree in Communication with an emphasis in Journalism from Universidad de Costa Rica. She has published articles that focus on analyzing the relationships between journalism, communication, and politics; most recently with special emphasis on social networks, electoral processes and misinformation.