Through generations of pastors in her family, researching world religions, and her conversion to Islam, Zan shares finding her passion of multifaith work. She dives into her personal spiritual journey that leads her into a professional career of advocating for the religiously diverse. She has spearheaded religious diversity trainings, built a multifaith, secular space and is now a multifaith practitioner. She strives toward religious equity in this ever changing secular and multifaith world.

Zan is a multifaith practioner who speaks on religious diversity and gender equity. She built a multifaith and secular place for people to pray, meditate and reflect. Zan comes from a lineage of pastors and lay leaders from Norway and Germany on both sides of her family.

Lead Videographer: Autumn Vagle
Assistant Videographers: Emma Larson, Anna Heckmann
Introductory Graphic: Jackson Cobb

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx