Justine Awa Ndaw Sambou is from the Oussouye department of the Ziguinchor region. She did her school curriculum in a village called Mlomp Casa. After the baccalaureate, she was directed to Assane Seck University of Zguinchor in the Department of Applied Foreign Languages where she received her bac +2. She is also a volunteer at the YMCA Ziguinchor where she was the vice-secretary of the branch. She also participated in a program of non-International Citizen Service where she was the Team Leader of three cohorts composed of volunteers in English and Senegalese. This program was funded by the English government and led by the NGO YMCA SENEGAL.