Carole Atem (born 4 October 1982)[1] is a French Polynesian musician and academic who works as a lecturer in French language and literature at the University of French Polynesia. She is the daughter of educator Felix Atem and sister of academic and musician Florent Atem.[2]
Atem played the piano from age 8, and has been singing since age 14.[2] She trained at the Vocal Institute of Technology in Hollywood,[1] and recorded several albums with her brother.[2] She initially trained to be a teacher, graduating in 2004 from the University of French Polynesia, and then teaching at Taaone College.[2] She then studied at the Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3, graduating in 2014 after completing a thesis on the memoirs of Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras.[2] Her thesis was published as a book in 2018.[3] She then worked as a lecturer at the UPF.[3] [4]