I was ordained as a Soto Zen priest in 2002 by Seirin Barbara Kohn at Austin Zen Center. In 2004, I moved to Bloomington, IN to study with Shohaku Okumura Roshi and Sanshin Zen Community. I also trained at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, studying with teachers such as Tenshin Reb Anderson Roshi, Jiko Linda Cutts, Setsuan Gaelyn Godwin, Zenkei Blanche Hartman Roshi, Myo Denis Lahey, and Kosho McCall. During Sotoshu International Training Monastery angos held in the US and Japan, I studied with Gengo Akiba Roshi and Hokan Saito Roshi. In 2010 I received dharma transmission from Okumura Roshi. I have a B.S. in psychology from Texas A&M University, an M.Ed. in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Texas at Austin, and I have lived and practiced at Gyobutsuji, a small monastic practice place in NW Arkansas, since founding it in December 2011.