Franco Brescia was born in Tanga Tanzania from Italian and British-French parents, he has two brothers. He grew up travelling across East Africa when his parents went on numerous Safaris, Ngorongoro Crater Serengeti Kilimanjaro just to name a few, the family settled in Kigoma by Lake Tanganyika for fifteen years. This is where Franco met many expatriate families who took him on more Safaris leaving him with memories to last a life time. Franco lives in Kenya and is a musician who writes and records his own work.