Myokei Caine-Barrett, Shonin, first encountered Buddhism in 1963. She has been practicing the Lotus Sutra ever since. In 2002 she began training to become a priest. She became head priest and guiding teacher of the Nichiren Buddhist Sangha of Texas in Houston, also known as Moken-ji Temple, in 2007. Myokei Caine-Barrett has active prison and hospice ministries, and is deeply committed to healing our culture. She is currently bishop of the Nichiren Shu Order of North America.