Torrencia possesses a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from the University of the West Indies and she studied a Master of Arts in Digital Media and Society at the University of Bremen. For more than three years, she has worked in government communications for the Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government with the government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. She speaks fluent English and some German and focuses on recruitment for the MPP, MIA and EMPA programmes with a primary focus on the new Master of Data Science for Public Policy programme.