Peters and her fellow nurses joined other protesters in storming the military barracks to free the leftist prime minister Maurice Bishop, and she was shot and badly injured during his opponents' attack on the fort.
[5] She was appointed to Grenada's Senate by Prime Minister Nicholas Brathwaite in the 1990s, serving several terms as a member of the National Democratic Congress party.
[8] She oversaw the provision of health services in Grenada and represented the country in international bodies until the end of her term in 2013.
[12][13] Peters is also a singer and dancer, serving as choreographer for the National Performing Arts Company of Grenada from 1979 to 1983.
[7] She and her husband, the playwright Francis Urias Peters, produced a play about the country's revolution for its 30th anniversary in 2013.