Diana Winston is the Director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center. She is a member of the Spirit Rock Teachers Council and founder of the Buddhist Alliance for Social Engagement (BASE) Program and the former associate director of Buddhist Peace Fellowship. She has practiced vipassana since 1989, including a year as a Buddhist nun in Burma and is the author of Wide Awake: A Buddhist Guide for Teens. She has been teaching meditation to youth and adults nationally for many years. Her latest book is Fully Present: The Science, Art, and Practice of Mindfulness (with Susan L. Smalley PhD) which will be released in July.

For more information visit Diana's website www.wide-awake.org or www.marc.ucla.edu.