At the same time she was attending law school at the University of Malawi (Chancellor College), where she graduated in 1986.
[3][4][5] In 1995, she joined the private sector in Malawi, working for the Press Group of Companies.
By 1999, she went to England to receive her master's degree in Strategic Management at the University of Derby and graduated in 2001.
She was the presiding judge over pop star Madonna's second adoption case for her daughter Chifundo.
She worked as a High Court Justice until being appointed as Malawi's ambassador to the U.S. in 2021.