Born into a poor family on June 7, 1945 in Saint-Benoît, France, Françoise Guimbert was raised by her elder sister, who took charge of her siblings when their parents died at an early age. She was the fifth. She dropped out of school in CM1 to take care of her nephews and nieces, then became a domestic worker at the age of 121 for several families in succession, in Saint-Benoît, Saint-Denis, then again in Saint-Benoît, when she entered the service of a music and piano teacher for 18 years, until her death in 1986. She learned the rudiments of music theory by listening to solfeggio lessons given by her boss to other children 2. The old lady also encouraged her to write, and she composed her first songs. She died on March 25, 2023.