Karen Xiaolin Wang is a Chinese psychotherapist and co-founder of Wisdom Academy. Karen has over ten years’ experiences in the development field with the United Nations. Her focus was mainly on community-based psychosocial support for children. Karen is an experienced meditator, her practice followed teachings from both eastern contemplative teachers as well as western evidence-based programs. She became a certified Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) teacher with the 2017-2018 cohort, through the Compassion Institute (CI) and the Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE). Except for CCT, she also offers tailored meditation courses, cognitive training, and workshops for the general public. Her particular strength is providing support for children and their caregivers.