DAWN DOWNEY writes essays about her journey through everyday life. She strives to answer the question: How does a sensitive, older woman of color thrive in an insensitive, white-centered, male-dominated, youth-oriented culture? The author of six books, she also writes Dawn Downey’s Teachable Moments, a Substack newsletter. Watch her YouTube series, Author on Demand, where she reads her work to individual fans. Her most recent essay collection is Stumbling Toward the Buddha: 10th Anniversary Edition.