Bracha Kurtzer Gross made Aliyah as a teenager, jumped into Israeli high school, served as a Bat Sheirut at Nefesh B’Nefesh and met her husband while studying in university in Israel. She has her BA in Political Science from Reichman University (IDC) and her MA in Diplomacy from Haifa University. She now lives with her husband and children in Canada, where she runs Balabustë, an organization designed to empower women through Judaism and femininity.