She was the Mayor of her home town of Bolama and chairman of the Guinea-Bissau Women's Union (União Democrática the Mulheres da Guiné-Bissau).
Unter anderem war sie Bürgermeisterin ihrer Geburtsstadt Bolama und Vorsitzende der Frauenunion Guinea-Bissaus (União Democrática das Mulheres da Guiné-Bissau).