She was also a member of Mechesil Belau, Palau’s traditional women leaders' group, and contributed to its annual conference from 1994 until her death.
The conference became a national public forum for traditional women leaders to discuss and propose resolutions for government to enact with regard to cultural, social, health and environmental challenges.
[1] Kesolei studied anthropology at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and became an expert in cultural conservation.
[1] While a Senator, Kesolei worked to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals and introduced legislation to create the Bureau of Social Services under the Ministry of Community and Cultural Affairs.
[1] Kesolei died of cancer at St. Luke’s Global City Hospital in Manila or Taguig, Philippines.