Monique Froehler graduated from the Emily Carr University in Vancouver, BC with a Bachelor of Fine Arts focused on printmaking and painting. Upon graduation, she worked in Graphic Design and Illustration for a few years. Later, Monique went back to university and pursued a teaching degree in Secondary Art at the University of British Columbia. After graduation, she was hired as a Secondary School Art teacher in a First Nations community in the Northwest Territories. She painted plein-air each summer break. Currently, Monique resides in North Saanich, Vancouver Island where she has a studio and still works part-time teaching.