Early career (2014–2019) Before joining WWE, García trained at the RLL Wrestling Academy. García made her debut in 2014 as
Jessy, mainly competing on the Chilean independent scene.
WWE (2019–2021) García was invited to a
WWE try-out in 2017, and impressed enough to be offered a developmental contract by
William Regal, even though she was 17 at the time. She signed it once she turned 18. García made her WWE television debut on the November 4, 2019, episode of
Raw. Wearing a luchador mask and appearing under the name
Carolina, she teamed with
Sin Cara in a mixed tag match won by
Andrade and
Zelina Vega. The following year in 2020, Garcia returned to television simply as
Catalina during the April 22 episode of
Main Event, losing to
Asuka. She returned to
Main Event on the April 29 episode, losing to
Bianca Belair. She made her
NXT television debut in 2020 on the January 15 episode, competing in a number one contender's battle royal won by Bianca Belair. She returned on the September 23 episode of NXT to compete in another number one contender's battle royal won by
Candice LeRae. In January 2021, during NXT's
New Year's Evil special, she returned, debuting both a new appearance and name as
Katrina Cortez. During this episode, Cortez lost to
Xia Li. She wrestled a modest number of matches during the months of August and September, appearing on
205 Live and
NXT. Cortez wrestled her final match on the October 29 episode of
205 Live, in a loss to
Sarray. In 2021, she left WWE, largely due to her work visa expiring. Due to her young age, social pressures from representing her country, and undiagnosed
polycystic cysts that caused her weight to wildly fluctuate, García found her WWE experience highly taxing mentally and almost gave up on wrestling after her release. She used her WWE earnings to pay off her university fees and become a licensed physical trainer, but was talked out of abandoning her dream by her father. A fan throwing her a
Dr. Simi plushie during a match in support of her work (a trend at the time) greatly improved her confidence. But before her debut, she voluntarily took off the mask, which is very unusual, as a luchador normally loses the mask through a loss in a stake match, so-called lucha de apuestas. She has since claimed this was because she wanted to leave the WWE run it represented in the past, and be her authentic Chilean self. In July 2024, La Catalina announced that she will have to undergo surgery in August of that year for a cyst, and that she had been struggling with a lot of pain for the last year. On April 7, 2026, CMLL announced that La Catalina had left the promotion. According to Bodyslam, she was frustrated with her position in the company when she was relegated to the lower part of the card, behind wrestlers from AEW.
Return to WWE and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (2026–present) On April 11, 2026, García made her return to the WWE after a four year absence where she made her debut in WWE's sister promotion
Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) as
La Catalina, crashing
Flammer's celebration. ==Personal life==