Alicja Zmigrodzka
Alicja Zmigrodzka
Alicja Zmigrodzka
- CommunicationsCreative Support
- Grants Management and SupportPolish Language Consultant
Alicja is part of the Communications team. She helps with the website and designs visual materials. She is also part of the Ashoka Grants team and helps to evaluate the Polish translation grant applications. Alicja has created illustrations and animations for the Kumarajiva Project, the Khyentse Vision Project, and the Creative Resilience project. She is also a part of practice teams that lead online practices, including Triratna Anusmriti Sadhana and Zabtik Drolma.
Alicja has a Master’s degree in Journalism and Communication from the University of Wroclaw and also studied theater and painting. She spent several years working in the technology sector managing marketing and community operations and leading workshops in mindfulness for employees. Alicja has also written and illustrated children’s books and worked with children as an art and theater teacher. She likes to make art every day, often integrating physical and digital media in her work. She is passionate about visual, musical, and movement arts, and continues to explore ways of using these art forms to inspire others and connect them with Dharma.
I started practicing and studying Dharma when I was 15 and became Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche’s student 13 years later.