Priti Birla Maheshwari was born in India and moved to Montreal and then to Toronto with her family. She graduated from the University of Toronto, majoring in French and then completed her Association Montessori International (AMI) CASA training.
She then moved to the United States where she completed a Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from Cleveland State University. Priti went on to teach at Princeton Montessori and then the Red Oaks School in New Jersey.
She moved back to Canada in 2009 and for the past 10+ years, she has taught French at St. John-Kilmarnock in Breslau, Ontario.
Priti is married and has a daughter in University.
Chaiwala! is her first book.