Brooklyn Zen Center | A New York City Soto Zen Buddhist Temple

Co-Chair, BZC Board of Directors
 
Yael Shy is the Co-Director of the NYU Center for Spiritual Life. Yael was the previous Director of Development and Education at the NYU Center on Violence and Recovery, where she led training sessions in restorative justice globally and secured multiple multi-year research support grants. Yael is the founder and Director of the Mindfulness Project at NYU. She was named one of the “36 under 36” changemakers transforming the Jewish world by the Jewish Week in 2010. Yael is also a bar-certified attorney. She completed her law degree at Northeastern University in Boston and her undergraduate degree at NYU, studying Sociology and Gender Studies.