Brenda studied at Camelot International, a leading Health and Skin Care Academy in South Africa. Brenda also worked for Camelot Group in Various top end hotels including The Hyatt Regency in Rosebank, The Hilton in Sandton, Four Seasons Westcliff in Johannesburg, and at Sun International’s Royal Swazi Sun in the Kingdom of Swaziland.

Brenda has had a long and successful relationship with Matis which is a skin and body care product brand which provides its expert brand to exacting professional salons around the world. Matis was founded in Paris, France in 1936. In South Africa one of the faces of The Matis Institute is an award winning beauty expert salon in Rosebank, Johannesburg.

Brenda joined Matis Rosebank in 1999 where she worked as an Intern and acquired much of her professional knowledge as a young and ambitious Health and Skin Care Therapist.  In 2003 Brenda became a permanent employee. During this time Brenda also worked for Selwyn Seagal Home of the Handicapped for two years as a part time Volunteer Therapist.  Brenda became Senior Therapist and came to be regarded as one of the best in the industry. This recognition was achieved through dedication and constant training that Brenda underwent both in South Africa and in France.

After 5 years, in 2008 Brenda left Matis Institute to establish "Brenda - The Beauty Salon", a Wellness, Image, Staff Training and Development Consultancy Company.  Her services also included mobile therapy services, which were a need for her more demanding clientele of elite professionals and public figures who required exclusive spa treatments, and image consultancy services privately but in the comfort of their own environments.

Brenda - The Beauty Salon was also part of the NYDA's (National Youth Development Agency) "Afro-Free" company consortium aimed at youth training and development in her field.

In 2010, Brenda - The Beauty Salon closed doors. Brenda went on an eight months industry sabbatical and joined the CGCSA (Consumer Goods Council of South Africa) as Facilities Manager to focus on the consultancy side of her business. Later that year, she featured in the STANLIB internal magazine as a wellness, fashion and makeup advisor for its corporate staff. STANLIB is a global investment and assets management multi-specialist.

At the beginning of 2011, Brenda was appointed by Guvon Hotel Group to collaborate with their Fairway Hotel spa management team at Randpark, Johannesburg to assist with the departmental restructuring, training and improvement of their spa services.

At the completion of her contract with Guvon, Brenda joined Singita as a Relief Therapist and Training Consultant at Singita Serengeti in Tanzania and in Malilangwe in Zimbabwe. After these four months and due to her standard of excellence, she was appointed Head of Spas; responsible for Staff Training, Improvement of Image and Services and Management of all their Health Spas and Wellness Centres in Tanzania beginning May 2012.

In 2013, Brenda was Ms. Oprah Winfrey's designated therapist during her visit to East Africa. Miss Winfrey reflected what a good number of Brenda's clients already know when she described her as "Miss Holy Hands"

In 2014 Brenda was invited to Hawaii to attend to the former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama's 50th Birthday retreat as a masseuse.

During her time with Singita, Brenda provided much needed training to individuals many of whom had never been exposed to the industry and was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for over 200 hours contributed towards it.

Through her attention to detail, Brenda greatly improved the image of the spas and wellness centres. She greatly influenced those around her. She inspired as she always works with elegance and flair.

Brenda is an all-rounder and at Singita also worked Front of House, initiated and led some of the company's community initiatives aimed at bringing the locals closer to the company by  familiarizing them with its core conservation mission and values and how they as the community can contribute to the bigger picture as conservationists. The spa team also mentored and organized career exhibitions for all the departments in order to enlighten pupils from the neighbouring villages about alternative and new career paths.

Brenda left Singita Serengeti in April 2016 to establish Mandala Wellness Group.