Christopher began formal practice at the Ithaca Zen Center in 2012 and received lay ordination from his teacher, Yoshin David Radin, Abbot of IZC, in 2017. He offers and leads meditation practice twice per week in Anabel Taylor Hall and serves as both chaplain to the campus Zen community and as advisor to the Zen meditation student org. He offers a safe and inclusive space for people to gather in meditation practice. He has been a full time IT professional in the College of Arts and Sciences for the past 20 years, occasionally performs as a singer songwriter in the Ithaca music scene, finds comfort and inspiration in nature, and enjoys a quiet home life with his wife Dorothy and their two cats.