Monalisa Jha has done her schooling from Loreto Convent, Kolkata and Sherwood College, Nainital. She has completed her graduation in English honours from St. Xaviers College, Kolkata and subsequently her post graduation in literature from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. Following this, she has worked with Oxford University Press (Kolkata) and KPMG (Gurgaon) in editorial and corporate citizenship roles respectively.