LA native Rev. David Woo is the founder of Burning Pride Meditation, a Buddhist recovery fellowship for Asian Americans, and a counselor at NaNoom, a faith-based, residential addiction treatment center. Woo is ordained in the Taego Zen tradition and recieved chaplaincy endorsement from Bodhiyana Buddhist Chaplain Fellowship. He is currently a doctoral candidate in Buddhist ministry at the University of the West, a Fo Guang Shan school located in Rosemead, California.