Dr. Kimberly Brien is a neurodivergent, professor, scientist, seminarian, musician and active member of her community in Memphis TN. She is Associate Professor of Chemistry at Rhodes College mostly teaching the organic sequence and conducts research on the purity and composition of essential oils. At Rhodes College, she enjoys singing with the Rhodes Choral Collaborative, mentors students through the Posse Foundation and serves on several committees. She promotes interfaith dialogue through membership in the Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope (MICAH), serves her community as lifeguard at the YMCA of Downtown Memphis and is nationally active in The FragileX Foundation. Kim is a member of the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS) and the Religious Naturalist Association (RNA) and attends their annual conference on Star Island. Kim is currently a seminarian at Starr King School for the Ministry working on an MDiv in chaplaincy with a concentration in psychedelic