ʃiː hɐz dᵻskɹˈaɪbd kɹiːˈeɪɾɪŋ lˌæ ɹˌiːɪnɐ dˈɛl sˈɜːɹ æz "ɐ bˈɪɡ ɹˈɪsk", bˌʌt sˈɛvɹəl jˈɪɹz lˈeɪɾɚ wʌz stˈɪɹɪŋ tˌɛlᵻmˈʌndoʊ ˌɪntʊ dɹˈɑːməz wɪð fjˈuːɚ tˌɛlᵻnəvˈɛlə stˈɛɹɪˌoʊtaɪps, ɐkˈaʊntɪŋ fɔːɹ ɡɹˈoʊɪŋ tʃˈeɪndʒ ɪn tˈeɪsts ænd ðə spˈænɪʃlˈæŋɡwɪdʒ jˌuːˈɛs bɹˈɔːdkæst sˈɛktɚ.
She has described creating La Reina del Sur as "a big risk", but several years later was steering Telemundo into dramas with fewer telenovela stereotypes, accounting for growing change in tastes and the Spanish-language US broadcast sector.