Rabbi Joanna Katz (she/her) attended the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and was ordained in 1988. She cofounded Elat Chayyim in 1992. Has worked as a Chaplain in College, Hospital, Psychiatric and Prison settings. She is a Board-Certified Chaplain and an ACPE Certified Educator. Joanna is currently the Certified Educator at Union Theological Seminary where she teaches students who are in a Master of Divinity Program the ‘art of spiritual care’. She is a student of Eastern and Western contemplative practices and teaches meditation regularly. She lives with her family in New York’s Hudson River Valley.