jisho warner is a sōtō zen priest and abiding teacher of stone creek zen center in sonoma county, california. warner is a former president of the soto zen buddhist association, and its first female and first lgbtqi president. warner trained for many years both in japan and the united states. having graduated from harvard university in 1965, she became an artist and freelance editor. she has edited books by robert thurman, ed brown, wendy johnson, jane hirshfield, and many others. she is a co-editor of the book "opening the hand of thought" by kosho uchiyama, whose teachings she first encountered in the 1980s while practicing at the pioneer valley zendo in massachusetts under koshi ichida. she is a contributor to "receiving the marrow", a collection of essays on dogen zenji.