Forte received her early education at the Manning's School in Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland.

She studied at the University of the West Indies, Norman Manley Law School and King's College London (LLM, 1999),[4] obtained a master's degree in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University,[5] and has lectured in criminal practice and procedure at the Norman Manley Law School.

[4][6] Forte was elected to the House of Representatives as MP for Saint James West Central in March 2016 after the Jamaica Labour Party won the 2016 general election on February 25 by one seat.

[7] In June 2016, Forte criticized the U.S. Embassy in Jamaica for flying a rainbow flag following the Orlando nightclub shooting.

[10] On 11 December 2024, she presented a bill in Parliament to abolish the monarchy and make the country a republic [11]