Juliet Hwang, MD (she/her/hers) graduated medical school from the Humanities in Medicine Program at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. Afterwards, she trained in pediatrics at Long Island Jewish-North Shore Hospitals in New York. During residency, she encountered meditation at the first people of color retreat at Deer Park Monastery in Escondido, California. She then moved to Los Angeles to start a fellowship in pediatric hematology/oncology at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. It was a life-changing experience and she learned to value each moment we have alive. After her clinical year, she decided to return to general pediatrics and focus on preventing illness. Simultaneously, Juliet devoted more time to cultivating a spiritual practice to respond to suffering and hardship, experienced both personally and by her patients. She has been practicing meditation for over 15 years and was ordained in the Order of Interbeing, in the tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism. She has taught meditation to physicians, nurses, hospitals staff, medical students, family practice residents, ALS caregivers, university administrators, and homeless men and women going through addiction recovery. She now facilitates a mindfulness meditation group for families in Long Beach with her husband and two children. You may reach her at embodiedhealer@gmail.com.