[2] When she returned to Uruguay, she wanted to study architecture, which she could not do because she worked during the day, and started teaching mathematics at the Instituto de Profesores Artigas [es].

[3] At the beginning of the 1970s, Holz was part of the first generation of Uruguayan computer science students, trained by the Engineering Faculty [es] of the University of the Republic.

Holz is recognized for having opposed a conference in Rio de Janeiro in 1991, at which the United States and Europe imposed their authorities at the Latin American level on the nascent global network.

[7] Ida Holz received the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award, granted by the Latin America and Caribbean Network Information Centre (LACNIC) to people who have contributed to the permanent development of the Internet.

[13] In 2017, Holz received a recognition in honor of her career as an Internet pioneer in Uruguay, in the framework of the Ceibal project's tenth anniversary celebration.