Although born in
Ourense in 1951, García-Cortés graduated in Journalism from the Faculty of Information Sciences of the
Autonomous University of Barcelona. She took her first professional steps in 1973 when she started working for La Voz del Miño, a in her native Ourense, while performing social service, and from there moved to
Radio Popular, also in Ourense. In 1975, she was signed by in Barcelona (where she moved to live), then directed by Marcelino Rodríguez de Castro. From that moment she began working in celebrity gossip, and published her first report in 1976 for the magazine
¡Hola! In 2011 she joined
Telecinco, after 13 years with its competitor Antena 3, where she appears on programs like '
and ' (2011–present), '
(2011–2012), and ' (2013). ==Personal life==