I’m a contemplative coach, meditation teacher, and Buddhist chaplain based in Los Angeles.

I help leaders & seekers grow into their most conscious and loving selves and move through the world with greater embodied awareness, wisdom, and purpose. I believe that turning inward and facing our conditioning with curiosity and compassion is the first step towards a more flourishing world.

I began my own inward journey over 15 years ago as a teenager, after coming very close to death caused me to wake up to the wonder of having been alive in the first place. I became intensely curious about what’s possible in this human life, which led me to the practice of meditation in 2009. Turning my attention to my own mind for the first time, I realized I had no idea who I really was. I had spent so much of my life totally identified with the thoughts in my head, completely disconnected from what I was actually feeling in my body. The more I paid attention, the more I realized how much there was to discover.

Several years into my journey with meditation, I became curious about Buddhism and what it had to say about the nature of the self and the human experience. In 2017, I went on my first silent vipassana retreat, and as the Buddhadharma penetrated deep into my heart, I felt a profound sense of coming home. I fell in love with the practice, and my whole life changed after that. I now knew in my bones something I previously only hoped was true: profound transformation can be realized by each and every one of us. Since then, I’ve practiced extensively in Insight, Theravada, and Soto Zen Buddhist communities and have spent several months combined on silent retreat under the guidance of Sayadaw U Tejaniya, Sayadaw U Vivekananda, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, and other lay Buddhist teachers. My journey towards greater self-understanding, connection, and healing has also led to deep work with Internal Family Systems, Attachment and Schema Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, movement practice, and other embodied therapeutic modalities.

The same year that I came to Buddhist practice, I realized that transformative AI was coming sooner than I had thought, and that our collective culture lacked the wisdom necessary to navigate this profound period of uncertainty and change. We were not prepared, and I saw this more as a spiritual challenge more so than a purely social or technical one. So in 2020, I left the startup I co-founded and entered Buddhist seminary. I researched how Buddhist teachings could help to envision more liberating human-AI futures in which our technology supports our humanity, not the other way around. I also trained as a chaplain and meditation teacher, holding space for others to explore the fullness of their embodied human-spiritual reality in more life-affirming ways.

The more it seems that everything is falling apart, the more I know that a radically different world is possible. We can co-create a beautiful and flourishing future. Transformation is possible—but it starts with each of us.

Learn more about how I can support you on your journey through my work as a contemplative coach and meditation teacher, or get in touch with me through the link below.

Other past experiences include:

• Shaping the community experience at Nearness, a cooperative bringing together spiritual but not religious individuals for meaningful connection and self-inquiry
• Co-founding a venture-backed electrolyte drink company
• Leading growth marketing a fast-growing ecommerce startup
• Working at a management consulting firm in strategy & innovation