She received her Bachelors in Applied Human Nutrition, with a minor in Child Studies, from the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, and her B.Ed from the University of Toronto in 1991. After receiving her BaSc in Applied Human Nutrition in 1986, she worked extensively in the area of weight-loss and body-image counseling. She received her Masters in Clinical Sociology in 2008 from the University of North Texas as a foreign student on the Neve Yerushalyim campus. Lena trained intensively at the Jerusalem Family Institute and successfully completed its internship program.