Phyllis M. Christian (an haife ta 1956) ita lauya ce kuma mai ba da shawara ta ƙasar Ghana wacce aka kira ta "ɗaya daga cikin manyan mata a Ghana". Lauya ta hanyar horo (ƙarni na huɗu na iyalinta don shiga aikin lauya), ita ce kuma ta kafa, babban jami'in gudanarwa kuma mai ba da shawara na ShawbellConsulting, wanda ke Accra. Kakanta George Alfred Grant, wanda aka fi sani da Paa Grant, na ɗaya daga cikin ubannin ƙasar Ghana. Phyllis Maria Christian an haife ta a Ghana, babbar 'yar babban lauyan Howard J. Christian da matarsa ​​Sarah (née Grant, wanda mahaifinsa Paa Grant shine shugaban kafa Yarjejeniyar United Gold Coast Convention, wacce ta yi fafutukar neman' yancin Ghana), da na hudu daga cikin 'ya'yan iyayenta biyar. Mahaifinta shine ɗan Barrister haifaffen Dominica George James Christian (1869-1940). Ta yi karatu a Makarantar Holy Child a Cape Coast (1967 - 74), kuma daga 1974 zuwa 1977 a Jami'ar Ghana, Legon, inda ta sami B.A. a Falsafa da Adabi, kafin ci gaba da karatu da cancanta a matsayin lauya a Makarantar Shari'a ta Ghana (1978 - 81).