Following graduation, she became a prosecutor in the Florida state attorney's office prior to spending eight years running her own legal practice.
[1] She attended Florida International University, where her thesis for her master's degree became the genesis for Suspicion of Innocence, her first novel.
Les Standiford, director of the creative writing program at FIU called her "one of my first great students" who "became a wonderful writer.
"[1] Her Suspicion series of novels revolved around Miami lawyers Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana, and their experiences in South Florida's changing demographic environment.
A fervent opponent of the Castro regime, she visited Cuba three times, where she brought books to help Cubans establish their own independent library.