Mina Olise is the matriarch of the Olise sports family. She is from France and of Algerian descent. Married to British-Nigerian former international cricketer Vincent Olise, she is the mother of footballers Michael and Richard Olise.
Olise raised her children in a multicultural household. She introduced chess to her son Michael during childhood and sent his highlight tapes to the French Football Federation resulting to him being called up to the France national under-18 football team.
Residing in London, Olise is known to organise sports and multicultural activities in and around the town of Hayes with her husband Vincent.