Viviane Ephraimson-Abt, MS, M.Ed, LPC has practiced with the Plum Village Community since 1998. In 2002, she co-founded a local and a regional OI sangha. Viviane, True Mountain of Peace, ordained in 2005 and received the lamp transmission in Plum Village in 2018. Viviane is a co-founder of the ARISE sangha (2015-17) and has served on the Dharma Teachers Nourishment and Life Committee of the Dharma Teachers Council since 2020.  For the past 25 years, Viviane has developed initiatives and taught for faculty, staff and students at Colorado State University.  Currently, she is the Manager of Wellbeing Initiatives and serves on the leadership team of CSU’s Center for Mindfulness.