Ka kammala wannan magana: An haifi Louise Janin a Durham, a cikin dangi mai wadata na asalin Faransa. Mahaifinta ya tara tarin kayan fasaha na Asiya. Bayan sake auren mahaifiyarta a farkon karni na 20, ta zauna a San Francisco, ta shaidawa
girgizar kasa ta shekara ta 1906. Da yake nuna tun daga ƙuruciya don zane-zane, wasan kwaikwayo da kiɗa, a cikin zanen ne ta yanke shawarar ilimantar da kanta.