She started 2013 by winning the "Most Valuable Player" and gold medal during the Baja California International Cup, held in Mexico. Together with fellow libero player Brenda Castillo, she was awarded 2012 Volleyball Player of the Year by the Santo Domingo Guild of Sports Writers. She later won the silver medal with her junior team in the 2013 Pan-American Cup held in La Havana, Cuba, where they lost 1-3 to Mexico, but winning the Best Digger and Best Libero awards. Together with Brayelin Martínez and Larysmer Martínez, Fernández won the 7th Cabarete Beach Volleyball Tournament, with a RD$30,000 (approximately US$713 in April 2013) bonus. She traveled in June to the FIVB U20 World Championship, ranking eighth with her national junior team.