Born in Manzanares, in the natural region of La Mancha, María José comes from a family dedicated to cultivating the land and vineyards. She studied Technical Agricultural Engineering and specialised in the Food Industry with the intention of carrying on the family tradition in the world of wine.
However, when at University, she came in contact with the world of milk and cheese and decided to take it up professionally. In 2010 she joined Quesería 1605, which is a small project in a village called Herencia that combines an artisanal tradition with exhaustive quality controls, two characteristics that to María José have always been paramount.