Wade Davis

Wade Davis, an anthropologist and ethnobotanist, is author of The Serpent and the Rainbow and One River.

Laura Simms

Laura Simms is a storyteller and writer based in New York.

Arnold Meyer

Arnold Meyer is a writer and salesman living in New York.

Kay Dougherty

Kay Dougherty is national coordinator of Students for a Free Tibet.

Hank Rosenfeld

Hank Rosenfeld is a folk journalist and light comedian living in Santa Monica, CA. He has written humor for radio and TV, plays for small audiences, and stories for even smaller publications.

Josh Schrei

Josh Schrei is a full time activist working at the Milarepa Fund, a part-time writer, and a collector of kung fu movies and old records.

Chokey Tsering

Chokey Tsering

Chokey Tsering is a Holistic Health and Nutrition Coach and a certified Yoga instructor. She has a Masters degree in Sociology and a Bachelors in Journalism. Chokey is from Montreal, Quebec where she was an active member of the Canada Tibetan Committee for many years. She now lives in Toronto with her teenage daughter.

Vicki Mandell-King

Vicki Mandell-King works at the Federal Public Defenders Office for Colorado and lives in Boulder County with her family.

Joshu Sasaki Roshi

Joshu Sasaki Roshi was born in 1907. He began monastic training in Japan in 1921 and was ordained a priest and abbot before his arrival in America in 1962.