Erida Ajazi was born in Durrës, Albania. She graduated with Summa Cum Laude in Spanish Language, Literature and Hispanic Civilization from the University of Tirana and is a doctor in Spanish Language and Literature from the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.

In 2018 she published her first book titled: “Phraseology from the Translation Perspective. Case study: the first part of Don Quixote of La Mancha”, endorsed by the most renowned scholars in her field of research. She is a co-author in the prestigious Spanish project of Instituto Cervantes "Refranero Multilingüe" and combines teaching and scientific research with translation.

She has translated from Spanish to Albanian the Spanish novel “Alhucema”, winner of the "Ramón J. Sender" award, and from Albanian to Spanish the most representative book of the Albanian culture and its customary law “The Code of Lekë Dukagjini”.

Dr. Ajazi has received two "Gold Medal" awards for excellence in her Bachelor and Master's degree in Spanish Language, Literature and Latin America Civilization. She has published several articles in scientific journals and has presented papers and communications in national and international conferences. Her main lines of research are Linguistics, Lexicology, Phraseology, Translation, Language teaching, etc. She is currently working on a phraseological dictionary Spanish-English- Albanian, that will be the first ever in this combination of languages.

Erida is fluent in 5 foreign languages (Spanish, English, Albanian, Italian, and Portuguese) and is very passionate about travelling (has visited more than 40 countries so far), reading, history, politics, and sports (especially soccer).