Growing up in Toronto, Raffi attended Or Chaim, went off to Israel, and returned to complete a BA in psychology at York University. Raffi then pursued a MA in Jewish Education at Azrieli Graduate School of Yeshiva University. Raffi is recently completed an MA in Jewish Studies at the Spertus Institute of Jewish Learning and Jewish Leadership. Raffi has taught Jewish Studies at several Toronto day schools and currently teaches Tanakh and Jewish History at Robbins Hebrew Academy.