Background
Bañuls was born in Gandía, Spain.
Bañuls was born in Gandía, Spain.
She gained a diploma in religious sciences and passed courses in teaching and special education. Her political career began in 2003 when she was elected as a Partido Popular (Popular Party) councillor in Gandia. In March 2008, she was elected to the Spanish Congress of Deputies representing Valencia region.
In one of her first votes in the chamber, she mistakenly voted for the Spanish Socialist Workers" Party (Partido Socialista Obrero Español (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party)) candidate for Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, a mistake that was subsequently corrected.
