Dame Patience Faka Jonathan ( née Oba ) onye a mụrụ na 25 October 1957. Ọ bụ nwanyi mbụ gara aga nke Naijiria na nwunye onye bụ Gọvanọ Bayelsa steeti ma bụrụkwa onyeisiala Naịjirịa bụ Goodluck Ebele Jonathan . Ọ jere ozi dịka odeakwụkwọ na-adịgide adịgide na steeti Bayelsa mụrụ ya. Patience Jonathan onye a mụrụ na Port Harcourt, ebe ọ nwetara asambodo ụlọ akwụkwọ ya na 1976, wee gafee ule asambodo ụlọ akwụkwọ West African (WASCE) na 1980. N'afọ 1989, o nwetara Asambodo Nkụzi nke Mba (NCE) na mgbakọ na mwepụ na ihe ọmụmụ ihe si na Rivers State College of Arts and Science, Port Harcourt. Ọ gakwara na mahadum Port Harcourt wee mụọ maka BEed in Biology and Psychology. Enyere ya nzere doctorate site na mahadum Port Harcourt. Dame Patience Jonathan malitere ọrụ ya dị ka onye nkuzi na ụlọ akwụkwọ Stella Maris College, Port Harcourt na Sports Institute, Isaka. Ọ kwagara na ngalaba ụlọ akụ na 1997 ebe ọ jere ozi dịka onye njikwa ahịa nke Imiete Community Bank. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, ọ malitere ụlọ akụ obodo mbụ na Port Harcourt nke a na-akpọ Akpo Community Bank.