[1] In 2005, the Mexican government decided to place a statue[2] of the producer in one of Mexico City's most important parks and in January 2007 she appeared on People En Español's list of The 100 Most Influential Hispanics in the world.

When aired in the United States, Estrada's telenovela Amor Real shocked the world by having higher ratings than all of the other television shows in America; placing Univision on top of American networks such as NBC and ABC.

Given a choice of new classes she could take, she chose communications, in part because her father was a journalist and her mother an actress.

Estrada was asked to produce soap operas for Televisa by Victor Hugo O'Farril.

She has often spoken about the importance of transmitting positive messages through her shows and her fascination towards love stories.