Bio
Sheyla Leyva Sánchez is a cuban computer scientist passionate about data and Artificial Intelligence. She completed her Master’s in Data Science at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, where her curiosity led her to move beyond software development into scientific research.
Sheyla is a PhD researcher within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Network, enrolled as a Doctoral Candidate at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid under the supervision of Prof. Víctor Rodríguez Doncel and Dr. María Poveda. Her PhD research examines the ethical and legal risks of AI systems within the framework of the EU AI Act and the Digital Services Act, with a focus on developing open semantic models and tools to support risk assessment and multi-stakeholder governance.