I’ve been practicing meditation since 1982, studying with many western teachers including Joseph Goldstein and Marcia Rose, as well as Tibetan teachers, Venerable Tsoknyi Rinpoche and Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Working with others over the years, I’ve helped found The People of Color Sangha in Albuquerque, New Mexico and in Seattle Washington. I’m also involved in Native American spiritual practices and traditions. I’m honored to be a contributor to Hilda Guitierrez Baldoquin’s book, Dharma, Color and Culture: New Voices in Western Buddhism (Parallax), and have also written for the Turning Wheel.
With my doctorate in Public Health from the University of California, Berkely, I’m presently an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Washington and am also the Director of the Center for Indigenous Health Research. www.iwri.org. I teach graduate courses in Health Promotion/Disease Prevention and critical theory.
My love of meditation has led me to attend and lead numerous meditation retreats, as well as graduate from the Community Dharma Leader 3 training program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center.
