Carol Iwaya first became interested in Buddhism as a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa in the late sixties after reading books by Ram Dass and
Alan Watts. When she returned to the US, she looked into various meditation centers and eventually found her community in St. Paul, Minnesota, at Clouds in Water Zen Center. Within both her sangha and her city, she has worked with and for BIPOC communities in applying spiritual practice toward the work of social and racial justice.
