Farida Kabir was born in London, UK, in 1992. She attended primary school in Lagos and secondary school in Kaduna Nigeria. She holds bachelor's degree from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. In 2015, she was trained as a front line field epidemiologist by the Nigeria Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program of the NCDC. She also holds an MBA from the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank.