Sáez was born in Montevideo, which at the time was part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.

[2] She was accomplished at playing the piano; travelers and personalities who passed through the colony, referred to the "refinement" and cultural level of the Vernets.

[5] The diary was referenced by the Argentine revisionist author Antonio Montarcé Lastra as part of his argument for Argentina's claim for sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.

[9] In 2012, the National Library of the Argentine Republic held a research scholarship contest named for Sáez in relation to Argentina's claim over the Falkland Islands.

[10] As part of International Women's Day 2015, the Museo Malvinas e Islas del Atlántico Sur of Buenos Aires presented the exhibition Malvinas, mi casa, which included a series of watercolors reflecting life in the Falklands in 1829, based on Sáez's diary and lectures by her descendants on Argentina's claim to the Falklands.