Maya VAN DER Meer is an author, educator, environmentalist, and long-time Buddhist practitioner.
Wen has had a personal connection with Kuan Yin since she was a child, stemming from the bedtime stories her father told about the bodhisattva and trips to the Kuan Yin temples in Taiwan she took with her grandmother..
She has illustrated stories for children in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, India, Japan, Korea, and China.
She has a wide range of styles working with papercuts, ink, watercolor, textiles and digital art.
WEN HSU is a Taiwanese-Costa Rican illustrator.
Maya has run children\'s programs at meditation retreats and was an instructor at the Middle Way School in Woodstock, New York, where she currently lives with her life partner and their children.
She is the founder of the online education platform Bodhi Kids and assists Buddhist communities in establishing or enhancing their children\'s programming.
Maya VAN DER Meer is an author, educator, environmentalist, and long-time Buddhist practitioner