As a teenager Cain was confident and gregarious, her sister, Judy Lee, recounts how she was an 'adventurer from a child' who 'everybody' in Kingston Jamaica knew.
Cain worked as a charter pilot for Jamaica Air Taxi (JAT) - having started the job before March 1976.
Cain emigrated to the US in 1985, where she worked at the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park as a part-time cashier.
[2] Cain's Catholicism and her faith in God combined with her love for her country meant that she frequently gave back to Jamaican community especially as an alpha alumna.
[citation needed] Cain has frequently been honoured after her death in Jamaica, for example, during celebrations of Jamaica's 50 years of independence she was remembered as a woman who represented 'Jamaican culture' and in December 2011 the Jamaican Civil Aviation Authority recognised her contribution to flight.