Aina Calvo holds a European PhD. in Education from the Universitat de les Illes Balears (1997). She is author and co-author of different publications and research projects on environmental education, heritage interpretation, leisure, community education and cultural cooperation.

She's been member of the Commission on Education and Communication of IUCN; co-founder of the Federació d'Associacions d'Estudiants de les Illes Balears (FAE); president of Consell de la Joventut de les Illes Balears (youth council); director of studies of the l'Escola d'Esplai (leisure school); and member of the teaching staff of the Centre d'Estudis de l'Esplai. (leisure school).

Between 2003 and 2015 she has been on special services working as: speaker for the socialists on education and culture at the Parlament de les Illes Balears; General Subdirector of Cultural Cooperation and Foreign Cultural Promotion in the Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación; Mayoress of Palma; and speaker for the socialists at the City Hall of Palma.

She is co-author of Estrategia de Cultura y Desarrollo de la Cooperación Española drawn up by Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación (MAEC) during 2006.

She is co-author of Programa Acerca de Formación de Capital Humano para el Desarrollo (AECID-MAEC) (training programme).