She began her career as a Secondary Educator after completion of her first Degree in Nutrition and Food Science at Curtin University, Australia. She then pursued further studies in Public Health Nutrition and completed her Masters at the University of Massachusetts (USA), while working as a Teaching Assistant. Upon return to her home country in 1997, she joined the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life as Nutritionist. In 1998 she joined the Mauritius Institute of Education to train teachers in the pre-primary, primary and secondary sectors in nutrition and health education. She completed her doctoral degree (Doctor of Education) from the University of Southern Queensland in 2011.