Yardaena studies for two years in Midreshet Lindenbaum and received her BA in Jewish Studies and Music at Yeshiva University, Stern College for Women. Yardaena attended medical school at the Sackler School for medicine and completed her residency in Pediatrics at the Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital in Valhalla, New York. She has taught at Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School for Girls, Midreshet Lindenbaum, Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, and for GPATS at Yeshiva University. Additionally she lectures at synagogues and private homes. Yardaena also serves on the board of ORA- Organization for the Resolution of Agunot. Yardaena currently resides in Riverdale, New York with husband and four children.