Elena Moya Pereira grew up in the Mediterranean coastal town of Tarragona, south of Barcelona, in the last years of the Franco dictatorship. After attending University in Spain, she was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to do a Masters in Financial Journalism in the U.S.Elena worked in newspapers in Barcelona and Reno, Nevada, and settled in London in 1998. She is currently a business reporter for the Guardian, having worked at Bloomberg and Reuters newswires previously. She lives with her partner in North London.