María Inés Olaran Múgica was born in San Sebastián (Spain).

She graduated in Geography and History at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, specializing in Prehistory and Archaeology (1988).

She continued her academic formation in History and Archaeology in England (1988-1989).

She worked at the Royal Thai Embassy and Consulate in Madrid as Interpreter and Translator (1990-1994). During these years she was in touch with emigration in its various aspects and specially with Spanish emigration to Asian countries.

She holds a master's degree in Publishing from the Universidad de Salamanca (2004).

She also holds a master's degree in Nobility Law, Genealogy and Heraldry from UNED (2006).

She studied the posgraduation course of Specialist in Archives of the UNED-Fundación Carlos de Amberes (2007).

She is University Specialist in Basque Studies: Human, Social and Natural Sciences. Diploma given by the University of the Basque Country/ UNED, Spain, with honourable mention for excellence (2008).

She has taken several works and studies in Genealogy specially related to Spanish emigration to America. She has collaborated in different publications as publisher and consultant and has taken part in different Congresses with history and genealogy communications.

From 1995 she has been living in some South-American countries getting a great knowledge of Spanish emigration to America in different periods.

She is a member of the Asociación de Hidalgos de España and correspondent member of Iberoamerican Academies and Associations such as: Academia Costarricense de Ciencias Genealógicas, Academia Dominicana de Genealogía y Heráldica, Academia de Ciencias Genealógicas y Heráldicas de Bolivia, Instituto Peruano de Investigaciones Genealógicas and Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores de História e Genealogia.

Contact: ines.olaran@montejasso.com