Edurne comes from the Basque Country (Northern Spain) and speaks both Basque and Spanish as mother tongues. She comes from a family of writers and literature professors what clearly influenced in her decision of doing her BA in Modern Languages (Hispanic studies) at Deusto University (Bilbao, Spain) and from Swansea University (UK), with a Certificate in Teaching Spanish as a Second Language. In 2014 she headed to Pullman (WA) to complete her MA in Foreign Languages and Cultures (Spanish) at Washington State University while she worked as an instructor of Spanish teaching low and upper division classes.

Edurne is also a published author/writer and holds a position as Manager Editor of the SPR journal (American Association of Teacher of Spanish and Portuguese). At ASU she has been President of SPAGrad (Spanish Graduate Students Association), served as Co-President for the ASU Graduate Women's Association (2018-2020), and also served as the ASU Tempe Campus Graduate Student Representative for the Comission on the Status of Women (ASU Senate) in 2019.

Since 2016 she teaches Spanish at ASU and focuses her PhD thesis in Comparative Diaspora studies  in Spain (with sub-specialization in Moroccan, Equatorial Guinean and Chinese immigrant communities). Her research includes women immigrants autobiographies. Apart from her mother tongues, Edurne speaks English, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Arabic.