She was educated at St Brendan's School at Coragulac, gaining her merit certificate in 1925, and was taught by the Sisters of the Good Samaritan.
[2][3] After leaving school she worked for Dr Murray in Colac and then St Erin's Hospital in East Melbourne (corner of Fitzroy Street and Victoria Parade).
[4] In 1947 she was transferred to the Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney as relieving assistant matron.
She spent three and a half years there before taking up a position as matron at the Repatriation General Hospital Greenslopes in Queensland.
[5] After retiring in 1970 she spent a short time in Queensland before moving to Highton, Geelong, Victoria.