Pamela Ayo Yetunde is a Community Dharma Leader, a practical theologian, and pastoral counselor in private practice.  Ayo is the author of books, articles, and essays on being Black and Buddhist.  She is the author of Object Relations, Buddhism, and Relationality in Womanist Practical Theology, Buddhist-Christian Dialogue, U.S. Law, and Womanist Theology for Transgender Spiritual Care, and co-edited Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us About Race, Resilience, Transformation & Freedom.  Ayo was an associate editor with Lion’s Roar, focusing on acquiring contributions from African-American Buddhists, and founded Buddhist Justice Reporter.