Her parents were Joao Felipe Sequeira and Matilda de Melo from the Sonarbhatt section of Saligao, in the District of North Goa, then part of Portuguese India, now part of the Republic of India.
Denzil did his schooling in Lourdes Convent before moving onto to St Anthony's HS Monte de Guirim where he was trained by Saligao legend, Francis D'Souza.
Mater Dei, one of Goa's first English language schools, at Bairo Alto.
Frederick Noronha (born on 23 December 1963 in São Paulo, Brazil) is an independent journalist based in Saligão in the Bardez taluka of Goa.