Patricia qualified as a Primary teacher in 2002 and has taught in a number of inner city primary schools. She was assistant headteacher at Lonesome Primary School in Merton for seven years.
In 2015 she set up Ashdon Jazz Academy, a youth mentoring voluntary organisation, that works with disadvantaged and vulnerable young women, living in Croydon, Lambeth and Merton.
Patricia lives in Croydon.