Fatima Subri-Smith was born and raised in a small village called Asuoso in the Eastern Region of Ghana. She and her family moved to Tamale in the Northern Region, where she attended Tamale Train-ing College. She studied at the Institute of Education, University College London, where she obtained her B.Ed. Honours Degree.
Fatima Subri-Smith lives in London where she is a teacher in a primary school.