Charmaine graduated in 2012 with a Diploma in Nursing from Nanyang Polytechnic. She then joined the Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery Centre (HRMC) at the National University Hospital. In addition to her duties as a Staff Nurse that included assisting doctors in the consultation rooms, performing venipuncture and wound dressings, she also helped with surgical procedures at the minor surgical procedure room. She was the Infection Control Liaison Nurse at HRMC and has been a Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) and Automated External Defibrillator (AED)