Gërvalla-Schwarz was raised in Pristina, but fled with her family to West Germany in 1980, due to political persecution faced by her father at the hands of the Yugoslav secret police.

Gërvalla-Schwarz spent the remainder of her upbringing in Tirana, where she participated in student-led protests against the communist regime in Albania.

Working closely with Kosovan politician Vjosa Osmani, the two attempted to enact reforms within the party.

In 2021, Gërvalla-Schwarz joined the newly-formed Guxo political list, and was selected to stand as a candidate in the 2021 Kosovan parliamentary election.

The family resided in Bonn, although Gërvalla-Schwarz returned to Kosovo in 2021, ahead of the 2021 Kosovan parliamentary election.