Since 1989 Ms. Cadoo has been affiliated with a number of organizations in the USA including the YMCA International Branch where she worked with the International Camp Counselor Program, first as a Camp Counselor for many years and later as a Assistant Director of ICCP. 

She also volunteers with a number of non profit organizations in NYC such as the ARC (Action for the Retired Community) which is a not-for profit, neighborhood-based multi-service agency serving the needs of the elderly in northern Manhattan. ARC was founded in 1973. 

Fatime also volunteers with the Malian Cultural Center located in Harlem.

Fatime holds a Bachelor's Degree in English and a Master's Certificate in American Literature from the famed Cheick Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal.