The 1.61-metre (5 ft 3 in) Cabrera, who weighed in at 65 kg (143 lb) in 2015,[2] began shooting in September 1999 at the Scarborough Rifle Club.
[3] However, she began competing for Uruguay, her parents' home country, which would pay her travel expenses to international events.
She continued to live and work in Canada, where she was the office manager for the Canadian Shooting Sports Association (CSSA) at their headquarters in Toronto from 2008 to 2013.
In 2010, Cabrera competed in the 2010 South American Games in Medellin and won the bronze medal in 50-metre rifle, prone, with a score of 573 points.
[5] In 2012 Cabrera competed at the XIX Campeonato Sudamericano de Tiro Deportivo held in Buenos Aires where she won the silver medal at the 50m-prone event and finished in third place overall, making a comeback in her standings.