Anuska Llano got a degree in Biological Sciences from the University of the Basque Country in 1999. In 2000 she joined IrsiCaixa as a pre-doctoral researcher, and in 2001 she obtained a Research Training Grant (BEFI) from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III.

Llano obtained her PhD in Immunology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 2005. That year she joined the IrsiCaixa staff, where she still works as a researcher.