[1] A partisan of the Congress for Democratic Change, she belonged to the inner circle of President George Weah.
[3] Her parents were Col. Walter Maxwell Pelham Sr., a senior Liberian National Police officer and head coach of the Liberia national football team, and Elizabeth Pelham, Comptroller of the House of Representatives.
[2] She co-chaired the Women's Legislative Caucus (and later served as the financial secretary of the Women's Legislative Caucus) and the Committee on Contracts, Monopolies, Public Procurement & Concession, and was a member of the Committees on Gender, Child Protection & Social Welfare, Youth & Sports, Foreign Affairs, Oil & Gas, Banking & Currency, Rules Order & Administration.
[3] Pelham-Youngblood reportedly fell ill in mid-April 2018 and travelled out of Liberia for medical treatment, visiting Ghana and Ivory Coast before going to India.
[14][6] While receiving treatment in India, rumours spread on Liberian social media of her death, provoking a rebuttal from her family.