TEACHER

Roshi Ken Byalin is the Wagner College Buddhist chaplain and spiritual leader of the Zen Community of Staten Island. An ordained priest in the Soto Zen lineage and a member of the Zen Peacemakers, he is a Dharma Successor of Roshi Bernie Glassman and studied with Roshis Jishu Holmes, Robert Kennedy, S.J., and Kyudo Nakagawa.

Ken is the president of Integration Charter Schools, an educational corporation of four schools dedicated to providing pathways to college for students living with emotional challenges and other special needs.

Having received his Bachelor’s degree in English literature from Carleton College, Ken went on to earn his Master’s degree in social work from Columbia University, and his Doctorate in Sociology from New York University.