She attended Queen's University in Kingston and obtained a degree in English literature. She then moved to Japan where she taught English as a second language before finally settling in California. In January 2000 she married Elon Musk and in 2002 they had there first child Nevada who died of sudden infant death syndrome at the age of 10 wks. Between 2004 and 2008 they had 5 children. On September 13 2008 Justine and Elon got divorced.