Conde was born in Ronda, Spain. She took her degree and later taught at Complutense University of Madrid. She became the Spokesperson of the Spanish Government from 11 July 1988 until July 13, 1993 under the premiership of Felipe González. She took over from Javier Solana and operated at a ministerial level. After 1993, she continued serving the Premier as Secretary-General within the Cabinet Office.

After that she became the Director of the Carolina Foundation^[1] which is the body responsible for improving relations with Spanish speaking South America.