First woman to receive a PhD in History from the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, the first woman to serve as the Saint Lucian Ambassador to CARICOM, the OECS and Diaspora Affairs; an OECS Commissioner;  the Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States (2016 -2020) and Chair of the Open Campus Council of the University of the West Indies.

She has served on many national and regional committees and has received numerous awards, including most recently The Order of José de Marcoleta in the Degree of Grand Cross from the Republic of Nicaragua in the area of diplomacy,  August 2021; The Saint Lucia Cross for distinguished service in the fields of Education, Diplomacy, Regionalism and Development Specialty, February 2021.

She is a member of the Saint Lucia Reparations Committee. She writes on regional integration, reparations and on women during enslavement.