Marie-France Lalancette graduated in Biology from McGill University, and obtained a Certificate in Educational Sciences at UQAM and a bachelor's degree in nutrition from the University of Montreal. She has been practicing as a nutritionist since 1996. She discovered her own allergies to milk many years ago, and has had to adapt her diet to this new reality. Her three children are also allergic to milk, which means the whole family is now Dairy-Free.