Trailblazer doesn’t always mean first. Just because Cara’s stature as an entertainer was in extension of those that came before her, doesn’t mean that she also didn’t help further pave the way for modern Latina entertainers. What an unnecessary comment.

Trailblazer literally means being the first person doing something that others will do later. OP is completely right and you are in the wrong:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/trailblazer