Dr. Andrea Vecchione earned her PhD. in Religion and Philosophy with a focus on Buddhism, Hinduism, and world religions. She spent over six years living in India, Bali, and Thailand, where she studied multiple practices around death, dying, mediation, yoga and transformation. Her many years of teaching and practicing Buddhist philosophy and mediation is the foundation of her approach to cultivating a healthy relationship with death and dying. She combines years of practice with the knowledge from her end of life teachers (Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison, and Sensei Robert Chodo Campbell) in their program through the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, and INELDA (End of Life Training Program). She founded the North Bay Center for Compassionate Care, where she hosts workshops as an end of life educator, and death doula.
