She was a founding force of the Black Cross Nurses in Belize (organized 1920; practicing by 1929)
She later served as the second matron.

She was among the first formally trained public-health nurses in Belize (qualified in 1944 after entering the inaugural 1943 training cohort).

She pioneered rural public health; first assigned to Double Head Cabbage, then to Gales Point/Manatee, where she expanded into social work, youth mentoring, and women’s hygiene education.

She was a community governance innovator, and organized the first village council at Gales Point, a model later formalized nationwide.

She was a disaster-relief leader who worked the 1931 hurricane barracks.
She served after Hurricane Janet (1955) and Hurricane Hattie (1961)
She became the first nurse of the Hattieville Clinic

She received the Victoria Medal (1953)
She traveled to Britain and received the British Empire Medal (1958 Birthday Honours)

As a committed Methodist, she helped found choirs and women’s leagues

The Cleopatra White Outpatient Clinic/Polyclinic in Belize City named in her honour;
In 1993, the post office launched a Belize postage stamp featuring her and the clinic