In December 2013, she attended an event marking Spanish insurance company Santa Lucía Seguros becoming a sponsor of the Spanish Paralympic Committee, and consequently Plan ADOP which funds high performance Spanish disability sport competitors.
Herrera has visual impairment and is a B3 classified sportsperson. She chose to attend the event because she wanted to show support for this type of sponsorship. She competed in judo at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2008 Summer Paralympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics.
In 2013, she was working to qualify for the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
In October 2011, she competed in a regional Spanish national vision impaired judo event in Guadalajara. In November 2013, she competed in the Open Tournament Guadalajara in the women"s less than 70 kilos group.
