Jacky is a Dharma Holder in the White Plum lineage under her teacher, Roshi Ray Ruzan Cicetti. She is currently the zendo’s practice leader. She received Jukai at Empty Bowl in 2019.
Jacky started practicing Zen meditation in 1999 as a student of Roshi Kurt Kankan Spellmeyer of Cold Mountain Zen in New Jersey, and subsequently became a lay student at Zen Mountain Monastery under Shugen Roshi. She has studied Zen, Vipassana, and Tibetan Buddhism. Jacky is a psychotherapist in private practice, with an emphasis on mindfulness, addictions, grief, anxiety, life transitions, and Buddhist psychology. A Certified Mindfulness Teacher with the International Mindfulness Teachers Association, Jacky is married and has two canine companions.