Gisèle Ottway is French, born in Nice. She is married to Tasmanian and has a 21 year old son who is mental about his band. She has a Bachelors degree in French literature, a Masters in French as a Foreign Language and a graduate Diploma in Teaching French literature from France. She has been teaching French since 1990, both in Australia (where she lived from 1987 to 1999) and France. She has returned to Sydney since last July.