She received her PhD from Laval University in Nutritional Sciences. She has expertise in mixed methods research and in their application for program development and evaluation. She conducted two-year SELF longitudinal study, Solar Market Garden program, to examine the impact of solar powered irrigation on food security, nutrition status of women and their children and women empowerment. She also led a 4-year quasi-experimental trial to treat anemia and iron deficiency anemia among boarding adolescent girls in Benin. She also worked as a Nutrition Research Advisor for the USAID Health Care Improvement Project. She conducted dietary analysis for the Zambian national food consumption survey, and has made significant contributions to the interactions between agriculture and nutrition with a report to the USAID Feed the Future Program.