Professor Gaji Fatima Dantata was born on 28 September 1957 to the family of Alhaji Alhassan Dantata in Kano State.
Professor Gaji Fatima Dantata completed her Secondary education and also obtained an Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB) Certificate with Grade B in 1988. She obtained her Master's Degree in Special Education from Bayero University, Kano in 1994.
In 1995, she began her journey as a lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Bayero University, Kano. She obtained her Ph.D. in 2000 and gained a Senior African Research Scholars Programme Fellowship (Fulbright, USA) in 2003.
Professor Dantata has served as: Member, National Council for Exceptional Children; Member, Rehabilitation International; Honourable Commissioner, Kano State Ministry of Women Affairs & Social Development; and Chairperson, Agency for Mass Education in Kano (2009).
She was appointed as a Member of the Federal Judicial Service Commission on 7 November 2023 by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR.