Her childhood dream was to become a medical doctor - which she accomplished along with her husband, Michael Baboolal, in Dublin, Ireland.
[citation needed] After their children were grown, she was approached by a new political party, National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR), to be one of their candidates for election to government.
[citation needed] She was actively involved in many charitable organizations - especially with the drug addiction rehabilitation center at Mount St. Benedict - which was the first of its kind in the country.
[citation needed] In 1991, she was again approached by the PNM to be a candidate in the general election and this time she accepted.
At the following election, she lost her seat to the opposition but was then made the first female chairperson of the PNM.