Janél matriculated in 1990 at the Afrikaans High School, Kroonstad. She studied at Kroonstad Technical College and obtained an N6 certificate in 1992.
She started working as a legal secretary at Grimbeek, Hart and Van Rooyen Attorneys in Kroonstad in 1993 and from 1999 – 2006 at De Hart, Kruger, Basson & Schoeman Attorneys. She started working as a legal secretary at Grimbeek, Hart and Van Rooyen Attorneys in Kroonstad in 1993 and from 1999 – 2006 at De Hart, Kruger, Basson & Schoeman Attorneys.
In 2011 she started working as an estate administrator at Rauch Gertenbach Ing. Janél completed her LLB degree and Diploma in Estate Administration in 2014, both through UNISA and she is now an admitted attorney. She has been working independently since 2022, and also joined Kruger-Schoeman in 2024.