Jo Confino is a journalist, mindfulness teacher, and coach who has worked closely with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and the Plum Village monastic community since 2009. With a background in sustainability and systems change, he has partnered with the United Nations Development Programme on global initiatives focused on consciousness and transformation. He previously held senior editorial roles at The Huffington Post in New York and the Guardian in London.

Paz Perlman is a visual artist whose work is shaped by an early life marked by war, loss, and migration. Her artistic path is deeply informed by a lifelong spiritual journey that began when she left Israel at nineteen and led to her ordination as a lay practitioner in the lineage of Thich Nhat Hanh. She has exhibited widely in the United States and Europe, with work held in public and private collections, and has lived and worked near the Plum Village Zen monastery in the south of France since 2020.