Julie Rogers

 

Julie has been a student of Ven. Gyatrul Rinpoche since 1983, who insisted she organize a Vajrayana Buddhist end of life program. She and Ian Villarreal founded TLC in 2014. She is the author of TLC's  end of life manual ‘Instructions for the Transitional State’, published in 2007. [vimalatreasures.org] Julie received hospice & bereavement training at Ashland Hospital in Oregon where she volunteered for two years, and was employed as a caregiver for elders and developmentally disabled adults for over twenty years. She is the ground floor of TLC's organization and carries the program in her hands and heart, plans & organizes the events, manages and designs the website, and writes the newsletter, among other things. A poet and author, Julie has been performing her poetry for over four decades, and her work is published in numerous books and anthologies. Julie leads a Buddhist practice group, and loves writing, creating collage, the arts, travel, camping, the seashore, and the woods. She lives in Oakland, California.