Ellen Kennedy (she/her) is the program director of Nefesh, an open-hearted Jewish spiritual community in Los Angeles. Before that she was a TV producer, a baby whisperer, a kindie-rock singer, and a Jewish educator and lay leader. She loves to needlepoint, bake desserts, and bargain shop, often found thrifting and hitting yard sales with her husband and three young adult sons. She and her family and their two cats live in Mount Washington, in the hills of the east side of Los Angeles.