DR. REBECCA LI, a Dharma heir in the Dharma Drum lineage of Chan Master  Sheng Yen, started practicing meditation in 1995. She began her  teacher’s training with Master Sheng Yen in 1999 to become a Dharma and  meditation instructor. Later on, she trained with John Crook and Simon  Child to lead intensive retreats and received full Dharma transmission  from Simon Child in 2016. Currently, she leads Chan retreats, teaches  meditation and Dharma classes, and gives public lectures in North  America and the U.K. Her talks and writings can be found at  www.rebeccali.org. She is the founder and guiding teacher of Chan Dharma  Community and a sociology professor at The College of New Jersey, where  she also serves as faculty director of the Alan Dawley Center for the  Study of Social Justice.