Casilda Ybarra Satrústegui graduated with a degree in Art History from the Universidad de Sevilla in 2005, where she received the Outstanding Graduate Award for achieving the highest marks in her discipline. She studied at New York University on a Fulbright scholarship from 2007 to 2009 and earned a master’s degree in Museum Studies. She received additional training at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Morgan Library & Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and the Colección Cisneros in New York. She has worked on exhibitions at the Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo and at Fundación Mapfre, both in Madrid.