Chanchkie Slavin is a passionate teacher and lifelong learner and part of the spiritual leadership team in Chabad Malvern. She spends her days working to foster a sense of community and Jewish pride in the younger generation and their families through her role as Director of the Early Learning Centre, teacher, and pastoral guide. She takes inspiration from the Torah, Jewish mysticism, rituals, customs, and songs that were such a vital part of her Chasidic upbringing and is committed to incorporating these into modern day life. She is a deeply spiritual person, who strongly believes that education and learning are the most powerful key to growth, self-actualisation, and to affecting change in society at large.