Susan Ezequelle has been practicing Insight Meditation since 1997. She is a past IMC Board President and worked closely with founding teacher Gil Fronsdal and other community members to found in 2001 the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. She began teaching at IMC in 2003 and in 2008, in response to a deep desire to engage with the world through her Buddhist practice, she began training as a professional chaplain. Currently she serves as chaplain at Stanford Hospital.