After spending almost four years in prison in Freetown, football has provided Marie with the chance of a fresh start in life.
While behind bars at a correctional facility in Sierra Leone's capital, she enrolled in the first-ever coaching course for female inmates organised by the Confederation of African Football (Caf).
She was among 26 women and five police officers who took part in the Football for Reform initiative last year.
"Life in prison right now, the only thing you need is respect," Marie, whose real name was withheld by the prison authorities, told the BBC World Service.