She received her bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Puerto Rico, where she graduated magna cum laude.
From 1991 to 1997, Laboy worked for the United States Department of Justice as a legal aide in the Criminal Division of the Office of International Affairs.
Then she worked as legal aide for the Federal Bureau of Prisons where she was part of the team overseeing the establishment of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Guaynabo.
Laboy has also worked as Professor in the Faculty of Criminal Justice of the Universidad del Turabo and the Metropolitan University in Puerto Rico.
[4] Laboy voted against the controversial "Religious Liberty" law, stating she opposed it because it "opens the door to discrimination."
The bill was written by her members of her party and it permits public employees discriminate base on their religious beliefs.