[2] Fate stepped in when director Fernando León de Aranoa discovered Nevárez while promoting his latest film "Lunes al Sol" in New York.
Nevárez, a regular at the popular bar/ restaurant Oliva"[1] in lower Manhattan during their salsa music nights, caught the director's eye, leading him to invite her to audition for a role in his upcoming film.
However, after the director arranged for acclaimed Spanish actor, Javier Bardem, whom Nevárez greatly admired, to personally deliver the script to her, she accepted the offer.
Her win not only marked a significant milestone for her but also made her the first Puerto Rican performer to achieve this prestigious film honor, joining the ranks of a select few Latin American actresses who have done so.
News of her victory reached her native Puerto Rico, where she was granted an audience with Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá at La Fortaleza, who congratulated her on her win.