Shibani Ghose Chotani was born in Calcutta, India. Her education has primarily been in American schools after she left Calcutta as a young girl traveling to the United States. In the later years, she studied, worked and lived in Germany and France. She holds a Masters Degree in German from India and a Masters Degree in Education from the University of Rochester, New York. Through the years she has pursued her passion for teaching languages. She enjoys reading, writing, singing, community work, gardening and travel. She lives in the United States with her husband, daughter and her pet dog.