Zen Kuriyama

Zen, 28, has a bachelor’s in music from the University of Hawaii at Mānoa; a master’s in musicology from Brandeis University; a master’s in choral conducting from the University of Notre Dame; and a master’s in music from Stony Brook University. He was a teaching fellow at Brandeis University and a graduate teaching assistant at Stony Brook University. Jesuits who influenced his vocation include Pope Francis and Gerard Manley Hopkins. Zen likes hiking, traveling and volunteering at animal shelters.