Kamilah Majied, MSW, PhD, is a Buddhist mental health therapist, clinical educator, researcher, and an internationally-engaged consultant on building inclusivity and equity using meditative practices, as well as a professor of social work at California State University, Monterey Bay. She has engaged her Buddhist practice for over forty years, leading colloquia, workshops, retreats, and meditation sessions globally on experiencing wonder, humor, and insight through transforming oppressive patterns and deepening relationships. She is the author of numerous scholarly and secular articles and a contributor to Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us About Race, Resilience, Transformation & Freedom. Her latest book is Joyfully Just: Black Wisdom and Buddhist Insights for Liberated Living (Sounds True, 2024).