Pamela Ayo Yetunde, J.D., Th.D. is a Community Dharma Leader, a pastoral counselor, and co-founder of Center of the Heart (www.centeroftheheart.org). She is the founder of Buddhist Justice Reporter (www.buddhistjustice.com). Ayo is the co-editor of Nautilus Book Award-winning Black and Buddhist: What Buddhist Can Teach Us About Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom and author of the Frederick J. Streng Book Award-winning Buddhist-Christian Dialogue, U.S. Law, and Womanist Theology for Transgender Spiritual Care. Ayo is also an associate editor for Lion’s Roar Foundation.