Her research focuses on understanding the impact of service learning experiences on youth and young adults in school and community-based settings. She is involved with Latino Civic Engagement in Charter Schools – a multi-site study on the impact of service learning programs on Latino middle school youth, and the Connecting Caribbean Youth (C2K) Project Action research program focusing on youth development and building educational capacity with the University of Belize and over 20 schools countrywide. She is from Trinidad.