Andy Stoker (he/him) is married to Megan, and they are parents to two children, Alex (20) and Wesley (15). Andy is an ordained United Methodist minister, holds a secular Ph.D. in Family Science, and is a certified mindfulness meditation teacher in the Western Buddhist tradition. He is the Pastor of Central United Methodist Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico. For over two decades, Andy advocated for a just, fair, equitable, and inclusive in the Dallas area in the areas of public education, fair employment, healthcare access, and housing justice; and, now, Dr. Stoker is taking this passion to northern New Mexico. In his free time, he co-hosts a parenting podcast with a psychologist and pediatrician called “Parenting for the Present”; they are in their seventh season.