Begoña Ugalde graduated in Spanish literature from the University of Chile and obtained a master's degree in literary creation from Universitat Pompeu Fabra. She is the author of several plays, performed in Chile and Spain, and published poetry collections such as El cielo de los animales (2010), La virgen de las antenas (2011), and Zahorí (2020). Her short story collections Es lo que hay (2021) and Economía de guerra (2023) were well received. She currently conducts literary workshops and teaches classical literature at UAI Viña.