Francelise hails from Windy Hill in the east of Montserrat. She attended St. George’s Primary School, then the Montserrat Secondary School, graduating in 1998 with five O levels. She later earned a certificate in Public Administration from the University of the West Indies Open Campus. On December 28, 2003, Francelise won the coveted Miss Montserrat Festival title. She also captured the Ms. Millennium Talented Teen competition in 1999. She relocated to Nevis in 2005, then returned to Montserrat in 2013. She joined the Legislature Department of the Government of Montserrat in 2018 as a commissions analyst, during which she gained a passion for researching Montserrat’s political history. Her greatest sources of inspiration are her children: Laneisha, Azaliah and N’jorn.