[2][3] In March 2023, she won an individual gold medal for Uzbekistan at the Asian Junior and Cadet Championship in Tashkent.

[4] In September 2023, she and her sister Paola Pliego won team gold in sabre fencing at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou.

[2] Fernanda Herrara won another individual gold medal at a youth Fencing World Cup event in Tashkent in November 2023.

[2] Her family left Mexico after her sister Paola Pliego was wrongfully excluded from the 2016 Rio Olympics, due to a rigged doping test.

[2] In 2023, Herrara won the individual bronze and team gold at the Sabi Youth Cup in Ankara, Turkey.