She was born on 22 June 1966 to father Stanisław Szczuka, a lawyer and a political dissident in the times of PRL, and mother Janina (née Winawer), a doctor from an assimilated Polish-Jewish family.
She was born on 22 June 1966 to father Stanisław Szczuka, a lawyer and an opposition activist during the PRL era, and mother Janina (née Winawer), a doctor from an integrated Polish-Jewish background.