Rick Blue has been an ACI-LA student for several years, studying with Venerable Brian K. Smith. He has completed the entire ACI curriculum and has gone on to the advanced teachings. He has also had teachings with Geshe Michael Roach,and Geshe Tsultim Gyeltsen, as well as attending various teachings given by his Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Lindsay Crouse completed the Asian Classics Institute teacher-training program in 2004. She is currently continuing advanced Buddhist studies under Venerable Sumati Marut in Los Angeles and Geshe Michael Roach at Diamond Mountain in Arizona. She has taken teachings from His Holiness the Dalai Lama in the United States and India.

Lindsay also teaches on the East Coast, and runs a summer teaching retreat in Rockport, Massachusetts. She is an Academy Award nominated actress committed to changing the violent focus of the American film industry. She currently teaches acting classes in Los Angeles that incorporate the dharma.

Shadi Mogadime has been a spiritual seeker since her teens and studied many traditions. She finally found her path 10 years ago in Buddhism and met her teachers Geshe Michael Roach, Lama Christie McNally and her heart teacher Venerable Sumati Marut in 2006. She is a certified Master Coach with clients in Canada, USA and Europe. She is also the publisher of Awakening Journal (the ezine about retreat) and Lama Marut's tour manager and assistant.