C. Cyvette M. Gibson was born in the west African city of Dakar Senegal, December 2, 1974. She is the first daughter of Liberian natives Yvette Chesson-Wureh and Chauncy M. Gibson. Her grandfather was Attorney General Joseph J.F. Chesson, who was executed by firing squad during the 1980 Liberian coup d'état. While living on the Old Road, Sinkor Monrovia, Liberia, She acquired early education at the Bright Functional Benson Street, Monrovia Liberia; School Of Prime Systems, Coca-Cola Factory Paynesville Liberia and the Joseph Jerkins Roberts Memorial Institute, 12th Street Sinkor, Monrovia, Liberia. Due to events surrounding the coup d'état of 1980, She and her mother fled to exile.