Dr. Nikki Mirghafori is an Artificial Intelligence scientist and an internationally recognized Buddhist teacher. She serves as a stewarding teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, where she is also on the board of directors, and a Dharma teacher at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA. She teaches with clarity, warmth, and humor on topics ranging from mindful leadership to cultivating kindness, with a rare expertise on mindfulness of death. Dr. Mirghafori is widely published in AI, has led international research collaborations as a Berkeley academic, and has advised technology startups. She is of Persian heritage and an advocate for wisdom and compassion in daily life, as well as ethical AI in our zeitgeist.