One of the most prolific female playwrights, poets and activists of Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean region, Springer was awarded the 2004 Vanguard Award of the National Drama Association of Trinidad and Tobago (NDATT), an organisation that she helped to form. Ms. Springer is the founding librarian of the National Heritage library of The National Library and Information Service (NALIS). Through her family company, The Idakeda Group, she explores social issues using traditional performance forms. Springer's publications include four collections of poetry for adults, three for children, and God Child, a collection of children’s stories.