Faith Adiele’s first memoir, Meeting Faith, about flunking out of Harvard and becoming Thailand’s first Black Buddhist nun, won a PEN Award and routinely makes best travel writing lists.

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She writes for the Calm meditation app, as well as A World of Calm, a limited series co-produced by Calm and HBO Max.

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Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Faith teaches popular classes in mindful memoir, decolonial travel writing, hybrid structures and more at Esalen, The Open Center NYC, VONA/Voices and around the world. 

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