Marisela B. Gomez, MD is a mindfulness practitioner (ordained in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh’s Order of Interbeing), public health scholar activist, and physician. Of Afro-Latina ancestry, she lives in Baltimore and is involved in social justice activism and community building. She is the author of Race, Class, Power and Organizing in East Baltimore. She blogs at Huff Post and mariselabgomez.com on the intersection of wisdom justice and mindfulness.