Lopön Helen Berliner has been a student and practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism and contemplative disciplines since 1970. She became a student of Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche in 1993, after studying with the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche from 1970 until his death in 1987. She has served in sangha administrative and teaching roles for over forty years. She was an early staff member of KCL and is currently on staff at Mindrolling Lotus Garden in Virginia. Her master’s degree in Buddhist Studies focused on environmental psychology. She is the author of "Enlightened by Design", and editor and/or indexer of books by authors including Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche, Rigdzin Shikpo, Ane Pema Chödron, and Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche.