Our Team

Program Director

Lopon Tashi was born in Bhutan. He completed his studies of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy at Shechen Monastery in Nepal where he received his Lopon degree. He has taught Buddhist Philosophy since 2006 and has led teaching programs in multiple countries. He has received exhaustive practical guidance from many masters from all traditions, but his principal teachers are Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche and Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche. At present, Lopon Tashi is the Director of the Community Center Project in El Pescadero, BCS, Mexico. His vision is to create a space for spirituality and community to thrive together.

Financial Director

Janet Rockwell first traveled to Nepal in 1982 where she felt a deep resonance with the Tibetan people and their culture. She has resided in Kathmandu for 15 years. Her time in Nepal and travel in Tibet fostered the strong desire to learn about Tibetan Buddhism. She has been involved with Manjughoksha Academy in Nepal, a school for Tibetan refugee children since 1983. She is also on the Board of the Manakamana Fund, a nonprofit organization which sponsors healthcare education scholarships for Nepali girls with the stipulation that they return to their villages to offer services where in many cases they did not exist before.

Head of Communications

Barbara Aman

Building community has been the focus for much of Barbara’s life. In many forms, she has facilitated the gathering of people together through her work in public relations, communications, and community relations in numerous organizations and non–profits worldwide. She is excited to bring all of this together in nourishing an inclusive community that welcomes all here in El Pescadero.  This past year and a half has been full with the honor of helping to build the Enlightenment Stupa, working closely with community to do so. She is excited to continue this work in service to the people and the land.

Web Design & Marketing

Rachel Glueck

Rachel is a lover of words, forests, and new perspectives on life. Her happiest places are hiking in nature and ecstatic dance parties (often with her young daughter). She spent the better part of her adult life living nomadically, exploring the world, and learning as much as she could from other cultures and about herself. She discovered Buddhism in Nepal in 2011 and it had a profound affect on her life. She’s lived in Mexico since 2012 when she began her deep dive into indigenous Mexican culture—a journey that has taught her much about the importance of community. She has come to believe that nourishing healthy, sustainable communities is the answer to so many of our social and personal ills, and that KORA is an incredible space for us to do just that.