With a Swedish mother and a Mexican father, I am both an American and European citizen.  I have been part of our Sikh Dharma/3HO community since 1984 and have a long history of serving our Dharma in various capacities beginning in 1986.

Over the years, I have lived in Los Angeles, Espanola, Mexico and India (at Miri Piri Academy).  Since 2020, my family and I have been living in Spain.  I speak seven languages and have worked in my life to develop multi-cultural and multi-generational relationships.

I care deeply about our Dharmic Teachings and my hope and prayer is to bring the Mission and Spirit of our Dharma to our international community.

As a multicultural and multilingual person, who also sits on the 3HO Europe board, I am grateful to have the opportunity to share my passion of networking and community building.

Kirtan-Singh was introduced to Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma in 1977. He lived in Los Angeles between 1981 and 2021 during which time he served Guru Ram Das Ashram Los Angeles and the sadh sangat there. He has served as Minister of Sikh Dharma since 1985 and has been gratefully serving Sikh Dharma International as COO since 2019. He is blessed to play Kirtan whenever he has the opportunity.

Guru Jaswant Kaur was raised in the Sikh community in Espanola, New Mexico, but as of this year she has lived more than half of her life in Asia! Beginning with boarding school in India and then living and working in Singapore and Malaysia for the past 13 years, Guru Jaswant has been an international Sikh sevadar and community leader for many years. She participates in regular Camp Miri Piri Sikh youth programs in Singapore and Malaysia, and is a member of the sevadar youth groups in those two countries.

Raised in Sikh Dharma, she studied with the Siri Singh Sahib and firmly established the ethics of simran, seva, bana and bani into her personal lifestyle. She also teaches yoga regularly and participates in training new teachers in Southeast Asia. She is happy to be a part of the international team and working with SDI.

OngKar Kaur grew up in the Sikh Dharma/3HO community after her parents met Yogi Bhajan (the Siri Singh Sahib) in 1969.  She and her husband lived in the Virginia Sangat for 34 years, where they raised their two sons.  OngKar began working for SDI in 2015 as Program Director and currently is the Marketing Director.  She is grateful for the blessing of having the Siri Singh Sahib as her Spiritual Teacher and to share his teachings and the teachings of the Gurus to inspire humanity.

Guru Amrit Kaur Khalsa serves as a Marketing Assistant at SDI. She is also currently a Public Affairs Coordinator with Sikh Dharma of Virginia.  She is a part of the Herndon, Virginia sangat and serves as the Executive Secretary of the Administrative Council of the community.

Guru Amrit attended Miri Piri Academy for three years, and then completed high school in Catholic School.  She obtained her undergraduate degree in journalism from Ohio University in 2011, then went on to obtain a master’s degree from American University in international affairs (with a concentration in South Asian history and politics).

She served as a Foreign Affairs Officer (Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs) at the U.S. Department of State from 2016-2018.

Guru Amrit is passionate about the work she does for Sikh Dharma, as well as interfaith collaboration. She previously served as a fellow with Interfaith Youth Core (2011) and served as an organizer of the 2018 “Reimagining Interfaith” conference in Washington, D.C. She completed intensive advocacy training with the Sikh Coalition in 2018.

Guru Amrit is happily married to Gurvinderpal Singh.

Guru Amrit joined SDI in January of 2018. She feels it is an absolute honor to be working for SDI, and draws upliftment and inspiration from her work sharing teachings from Sikh Dharma and the Siri Singh Sahib, Yogi Bhajan every day.

SS Rupinder Kaur Khalsa is blessed to serve as a Marketing Assistant at SDI. Among her tasks, are Translations coordination and Social Media management.

She completed her Business and Marketing studies in 2013, and served as the Executive Director for Woman of Light Foundation in Chile.

She has been a Sikh Dharma representative in several Interfaith collaboration meetings, and she is passionate to be working to Stop Violence Against Women and rising Mental Health Awareness in her community.

In 2016, she moved to Ottawa, Canada and currently serves the Sikh community in town.

Rupinder and her husband Dr. SS Harsimranjeet Singh Khalsa, ND are both dog-lovers! they have two lovely puppies: Haru and Pumpkin.

I was born and raised in the Monterey Bay Area in California. My family and I would come out to New Mexico most summers for Summer Solstice. I attended Miri Piri Academy for the school year 1999-2000, which brought me to moving to Espanola, New Mexico in the summer of 2003.

I worked for Akal Security for 15 years as Accounts Payable, Payroll, and then into a Payroll Supervisor position.

I became a mom in 2018 to a wonderfully energetic little girl. I recently married in December 2023 to a very supportive, kind man, that I took his name and made mine even longer. 

I’ve been working with Sikh Dharma in the products area since the end of 2022.

Sat Nam Kaur belongs to the second-generation Kundalini Yoga world community. She has lived in Mexico and Brazil and she also spent a year in Española NM where she had the honor of serving the Siri Singh Sahib through Morning Breakfast Prep Seva.

Sat Nam Kaur is a licensed Kundalini Yoga Teacher since 1997. Recently in 2023 she took the leading role as CEO of the Kundalini Yoga Center in Guadalajara, MEXICO, since lead trainer and Senior representative Gian Kaur’s passing. She is now in charge of the Teacher Training Programs along with the team that was trained over the years by Gian Kaur herself.
Sat Nam Kaur has collaborated in the last 20 years in organizing the White Tantric Yoga in Guadalajara, and in 2017 she coordinated the event as lead manager. She feels very fortunate to attend to the calling of the Teachings as a strategic support in the growth of the yogic community in her hometown of Guadalajara.

Sat Nam Kaur is Mexican/Brazilian and speaks Spanish, Portuguese and English. She is mother of two beautiful children, an entrepreneur since 2012 and she is passionate about collaborating with visionary people that seek mutual growth and understand the importance of unity among other human beings.

Lila Hu is a Miri Piri Academy alumnus, certified Kundalini Yoga teacher and social media coordinator for SDI.

Born in Germany to Chinese parents, her life has been in between cultures from an early age. She grew up traveling and living in different parts of Asia, including China, Tibet, Nepal, and mainly India; where she spent most of her teenage years and graduated from MPA.

Through her journey Lila learned to speak five languages, combined with her cross-cultural experiences, these now support her work in content creation and nuanced storytelling.

Today, she lives near a Buddhist temple in the south of Brazil with her toddler and identifies as a practicing Buddhist. She remains deeply grateful for the influence of Sikh Dharma during her most formative years, especially for teaching her the value of seva and the importance of uplifting oneself and others. These teachings continue to impact both her personal life and her work, as she strives to live and serve with compassion, resilience, and a spirit of Chardi Kala.

Adesh Kaur Espinosa is a university student currently studying in Madrid, Spain. She has attended Miri Piri Academy and is currently an intern in Sikh Dharma International.

Born in Mexico to a Mexican father and Swedish mother she has had a mix of culture from a very young age. Her family’s deep history with the Sikh sangat has led her to travel to many places which has enriched her knowledge for art and creativity.

Being born and raised as a Sikh has been an absolute blessing for her and she hopes to grow with the sangat and participate in new experiences.

I was born and have lived in Spain my entire life. I studied arts in high school in Guadalajara, where I took my first steps in the creative field and met Adesh. After finishing high school, we decided to continue our education together at UDIT in Madrid.

I am currently in my third year of the Audiovisual Design and Illustration degree at UDIT, an experience that has allowed me to develop my technical and creative skills, as well as learn how to use different Adobe programs, including InDesign, a tool that has been key during my professional internship.

I am currently doing my internship at SDI alongside Adesh, who suggested the opportunity for me to join as an intern. This experience has been fundamental in applying my knowledge in a professional environment and continuing to grow within the creative sector.

Dev Suroop Kaur Laruffa is an artist and filmmaker and serves in the Fund Development area alongside Kirtan Singh. She has also previously worked on developing the SDI 101 Video classes. 

Born into a Sikh Italian family, she grew up in Italy in the Dharma and in contact with the European Kundalini Yoga community, attending many 3HO events and Gurbani Kirtan seminars, and developing a deep connection to this sacred music. As a teenager, she attended the Miri Piri Academy for two years.

That experience gave her a lot of confidence, which helped her forge her own path, move between countries, and earn a bachelor’s degree in Art and Design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, where she lived at the Golden Link Ashram. 

She went on to obtain a master’s degree in Filmmaking from Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola in Spain. Her artworks have been shown in various countries, including Chile, the Netherlands, and Germany. She is fluent in Italian, Spanish, and English. 

As a multimedia artist, she is accustomed to applying herself across disciplines and drawing on a range of skills. She hopes this approach can help her serve as a Fund Development Officer.