Suzanne Prysor-Jones is Scottish and has lived in Montpellier since 2006. After doing a doctorate in social policy in the US, she spent over twenty years in developing countries supporting the organisation of national health programmes. She began following the Shambhala path in 1997, when based in Washington, D.C., and has been teaching the Shambhala curriculum and other Buddhist themes since 2008. She teaches in English, French, and Spanish, and is the resident teacher in Montpellier, France.