Al Fusho Rapaport, Sensei 

has practiced and taught Zen for 40 years. He studied with Kozan Roshi, Maezumi Roshi, and Genpo Roshi until moving to Florida in 2001. He received Dharma Transmission within the Soto Zen Lineage from Shuzen Sensei in 2008.

As President of Open Mind Productions, Al produced the landmark Buddhism in America Conferences in Boston, San Diego, Denver and New York City.

He is author of Open Mind Zen: A Guide to Meditation, and editor of Buddhism in America. Al currently serves as  Director of Open Mind Zen Meditation Center in Melbourne, Florida. He is a member of the White Plum Asangha and the American Zen Teachers Association.