Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An kira ta zuwa Cibiyar Horar da Cerro Pelado a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin 'yan wasan tawagar kasa a lokacin da take da shekaru 21. Daga baya ta buga gasar 2002 ta Cuban National League tare da kulob din Occidentales wanda ya zama zakaran gasar tare da taimakon Ortiz, kuma ya rasa wasa daya kawai a cikin kakar wasa. Bayan gasar zakarun Cuba, ta shiga tawagar 'yan wasa a karkashin jagorancin masu horar da Eugenio George, Luis Felipe Calderón da Jorge Garbey, wadanda suka shirya zagaye na zagaye na kasashe hudu kafin gasar cin kofin Pan American. Bayan ta doke Jamhuriyar Dominica da ci 3-1, ta lashe lambar zinare ta 2002 Pan-American Cup. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, ta tashi zuwa 2002 FIVB World Grand Prix
a gasar da tawagarta ta kasa ta kasance a matsayi na bakwai. Ta kasance cikin ƙungiyar Cuba da aka kira don Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta FIVB ta 2002, wanda a ciki ta fi wasa a matsayin 'yar wasa mai maye gurbin. Koyaya, tawagarta ta yi rashin nasara 0-3 ga Amurka a wasan kusa da na karshe kuma dole ne ta gamsu da wasa na biyar zuwa takwas. Bayan sun doke Bulgaria 3-2, sun ci 3-2 a kan Koriya don kaiwa na biyar a gasar.