Prior to becoming the appointed Director of Tourism, Malinda performed as the Marketing Manager and Interim Director at the Tourism Corporation Bonaire. She proactively led the marketing team, enhanced marketing strategies, and strengthened dynamic business relationships. Her next lateral move consisted of becoming the Communications Manager at the Aruba Hotel & Tourism Association, an experience that sharpened her knowledge in PR & communications and the tourism industry from a private sector perspective. In 2020 Malinda moved to Dominica and became the Destination Marketing Manager at Discover Dominica Authority, overseeing all aspects of marketing, along with leading several representative teams within various countries. With a passion for destination marketing, tourism board processes, and Small Island Developing States in mid-2021 Malinda took the challenge and moved to the Unspoiled Queen of the Caribbean the island of Saba, an island of her roots, to become the Director of the Tourist Bureau.