Chris founded Dharma Heart Zen, served as guiding teacher for Sky Island Zen in Tucson Arizona, and is a senior teacher with the Everyday Zen Foundation. Chris is committed to engaged practice in the world. She co-founded Veteran’s PATH offering meditation and mindfulness practices to Iraq and Afghan veterans and is a core facilitator for the annual Wildland Firefighter Retreats held at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. She co-facilitates the monthly Racial and Social Justice as Dharma Practice Group, leads Jizo Ceremonies for Those That Have Died through SFZC, and is an Interfaith Leader with the Sonoma County Sanctuary Coalition, which recently received an award from the ACLU.

“Chris Fortin is one of the remarkable ones. A person for whom caregiving and teaching are a natural expression of her life. She has a wealth of professional skills as a seasoned therapist, years of study and dedicated practice as a Zen priest and the all important common sense that arrives with maturity. Chris has a bright and cultivated mind but she transmits her wisdom through an ever expanding, open heart."
- Frank Ostaseski, Founder, Metta Institue, Co-Founder, Zen Hospice Project