Attended St George's Preparatory, Merrywood Elementary School, Mico Practising School, Kingston Senior School, Excelsior College, and Durham College, all in Jamaica.
C-authored "The Re-Entry Into Sound", along with Alma Mock Yen. This is a standard text used to train broadcasters all over the Caribbean.
Joined the new Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation (JBC) in 1959 as a radio announcer and later won a scholarship to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in England.
After leaving school, she worked as a typist at the University of the West Indies.
Lived in Australia from 1968 to 1970, while her husband worked at the University of Queensland. Acted in radio dramas for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, as well as working part-time as a drama teacher.
Received the "My Life in the Theatre" medal by the Mexican Theatre Centre of the International Theatre Institute for outstanding theatre personalities of Latin America and the Caribbean (2001).