She studied to become a physician in Spain and used her medical skills to work in urban health in New York City and with women throughout rural Haiti and in Port-au-Prince metropolitan area.
In her work in Haiti, she noticed the high maternal mortality rates which made her recognize the magnitude of gender discrimination and lack of reproductive rights in the country.
[4] As a long-term member of SOFA's coordinating committee, she helped open women's clinics in marginalized neighborhoods (slums) throughout the country.
The Ministry on the Status and Rights of Women in Haiti (Ministère à la Condition féminine et aux Droit des femmes, MCFDF) was founded on 8 November 1994.
[5][7] Throughout her one-year tenure as minister and thereafter, she has been vocal about the need for citizen participation, political will within the three branches of government, and public sector funding in the struggle for gender equality.