Elizabeth Anne Hin has been a student of world spirituality and cultures since youth. She was deeply mentored by many Elders, including: Moses Peters of the Kutchin Athabascan, Martha Neck of the Y'upik Eskimo, Thomas and Fermina Banyakya and Dan Evehema of Hopi. Other Elder mentors include Jojay and Frances Suazo of Taos Pueblo, Zulu High Sanusi Credo Mutwa, Zimbabwean Falasha Rabbi Ambrose Makuwaza, Archbishop Menuard 'Doc' Slusher, Thien Abbot Venerable Thich Nhat Hanh, and revered American scholar Huston Smith. Beth was adopted at Iroquois Grandmother Twylah Nitsch's formal request, 'She Whose Voice Travels Upon the Wind.'