[1] Ortega studied at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión in Cuba, specialising in Film Direction.

[2] Her second feature film, Being Impossible (Spanish: Yo, imposible), however, did well internationally and has yet to be released in her home nation.

[needs update][3] Ortega has drawn strength from Being Impossible during times of both personal and political upheaval.

[4] She found out that Being Impossible would be screening at the US film festival South by Southwest on the same day that Juan Guaidó was declared Acting President of Venezuela; she found the news of the screening "beautiful", but this was overwhelmed by the political situation that "worried" her.

[4] Ortega won the Best Director and Best Screenplay awards at the Venezuelan Film Festival in June 2019 for Being Impossible.