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Alley Smith

Alley Smith, MDiv

Buddhist Chaplain, Brown University

Alley Smith is a Buddhist Minister of Religion, “Upadhyaya” and “Upasika” Chaplain at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She was the Resident Chaplain at Maine Veterans’ Home in Scarborough, Maine for nearly 6 years and currently serves as a Visiting Chaplain at MVH. Alley is a US military war veteran. Alley specializes in end of life care, mortuary affairs, and as a funeral clergy. She has been a student of Shambhala Buddhism and Zen since 1999.

 

 

 

 

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