Absie moved to Minnesota around 2010 and was formerly a social worker. She has worked for a number of organizations, including the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services in Columbus, Ohio, the University of Washington in Seattle, and Voice of America in Washington D.C.[1][2] Absie stars in her own film, The Lobby, about a relationship between a white man and a Somali-American woman.[3] In 2013, she joined ECHO, a Minnesota-based non-governmental organization serving immigrant communities.[2]