You have got to pay attention, you have got to study and you have to do your homework. You have to score higher than everybody else. Otherwise, there is always somebody there waiting to take your place.

Fuentes has been the celebrity chairman for the annual St. Daisy Fuentes speaks often in support of charities including the March of Dimes and Starlight Children’s Foundation. She guest-starred in the TV series Queen of Swords episode "Running Wild" 2000.

Daisy Fuentes broke barriers as MTV's first Latina VJ (Signed to MTV and MTV Latin America simultaneously) and as Revlon's first Latina spokesperson to be signed to a worldwide contract.