She is originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Her research focuses on gender and post-colonialism, particularly on Congolese women, gender development, globalization and immigration. She is currently working on the rape of girls and women in Kinshasa, the informal sector and women in Kinshasa, and children born of war in the DRC. Her research on immigration focuses primarily on francophone Africans in the minority francophone community in Canada (Toronto and Ottawa), examining their economic as well as social integration.