Czarna was born in 1848. Czarna's father was Yankel SZEPS and her mother was Szejwa. Her paternal grandparents were Itzhak (Isaac) SZEPS and Tila. She had five brothers and two sisters, named Chemja, Szmuel, Josef, Morchal, Aba, Radjzi and Ruchi. She was the fourth oldest of the eight children. She died at the age of 45 in 1893.