KRISTINE (THEY / SHE)

I am a diasporic queer korean spiritual care worker, convener, facilitator, and editor. 정 (jeong, a korean relationality of interconnectedness and kinship) is the root of my care ethos, solidarity, and engagement. My praxis draws on liberationist, ecofeminist, decolonial, anticapitalist, and disability justice aims. I practice with Plum Village in engaged Buddhism, korean ancestral wisdoms, freedom movements, and healing justice care.

My experiences include community organizing, coalition building, peer support groups, and spiritual accompaniment among BIPOC, queer, immigrant, refugee, formerly incarcerated, maritime worker, survivor, and activist communities. I have trained with Union Theological Seminary (MDiv), University of Michigan (MPP), UCLA (BA), Jewish Theological Seminary (Clinical Pastoral Education), and Redlands University (Certificate in the Art of Spiritual Direction).