Dr. Jaiya John was orphan-born on Ancient Pueblo lands in New Mexico, and is an internationally recognized freedom worker, poet, author, and speaker. Jaiya is the founder of Soul Water Rising, a global rehumanizing mission to eradicate oppression. He is the author of numerous books, including Daughter Drink This Water, We Birth Freedom at Dawn, Dear Artist: A Love Letter, and Freedom: Medicine Words for your Brave Revolution. Jaiya is a former professor of social psychology at Howard University, and has spoken to over a million people worldwide. Jaiya holds a doctorate degree in social psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, with a focus on intergroup and race relations. As an undergraduate, he attended Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon, and lived in Kathmandu, Nepal, where he studied Tibetan Holistic Medicine through independent research with Tibetan doctors and trekked to the base camp of Mt. Everest.