Boro grew up in Ouagadougou near the Balolé quarry.[1] She studied modern literature and pursued a career as a journalist.[2] She wrote for the Burkinabé magazines and newspapers "La Voix du Sahel" and "Le Marabout", and published her first novel, Paroles orpheline, in 2006. Partially autobiographical, it received the Naji Naaman Prize in Lebanon. Boro gradually turned her attention to film, and served as assistant director and presenter of the TV program Koodo, receiving the Galian Prize in 2006.