Hindel Schwartz Swerdlov grew up in Los Angeles and has been living in Jerusalem for the past 27 years with her husband, Yossi, and seven children. Swerdlov is the founder and director of Shula’s Library, in memory of her young daughter, and is a contributing writer for Our Tapestry Magazine. She is a dating coach, lecturer, and teacher of Chassidic Philosophy at Mayanot Women’s Yeshiva College and Oryah Women’s Seminary.