Rev. Diane Myogetsu Bejcek is a fully empowered Zen Priest and a Shuso (Senior Student) at the Zen Life & Meditation Center, Chicago. She completed a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and is now a Licensed Clinical Psychologist working as a Consulting Psychologist with DCFS and social service agencies providing psychological assessments, clinical supervision and consultation for children.

She began formal Buddhist study and practice within a Tibetan Buddhist lineage and practiced that for about 12 years, even ordaining there as a Buddhist nun. She later took up Zen training at ZLMC and eventually ordained here as a Zen Priest. She received Denkai, full empowerment as a Zen Priest from Joshin Roshi on Sept. 7, 2024.