Later, Quinn-Leandro began working as a communications consultant for such organizations as the Caribbean Family Planning Affiliation, the Antigua Commercial Bank and the Hadeed Corporate Group.
In 2009, she was re-elected as MP, carrying over 57% of the vote in her district[1] and was appointed to serve as the Minister of Education, Youth and Gender Affairs.
[5] Though she lost her 2014 re-election bid, Quinn-Leandro was appointed to serve the 2014 term in the Upper House of Parliament as a Senator.
She underwent surgery to remove two lumps and an eight-month treatment regime before being declared cancer-free and returning to work.
[1] In 2021 she faced a bizarre trial with the accusation of conversion, corruption and embezzlement of buses that ended with the prosecutor's office closing the case.