
Mougoué was born in Cameroon, located in west-central Africa, but spent much of her childhood and young adulthood in the Midwestern United States, living for long periods of time in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota, and Indiana. Her hobbies include long-distance running (her favorite runs were on Mount Cameroon and in Hawaiʻi, the Big Island), traveling, photography (click here for photography portfolio), painting, and writing poetry and short stories.