Erica Kim Shinya

Erica Kim Shinya graduated from Tufts University in 1985 with a degree in Biopsychology and French. She worked as a missionary and church leader for about 20 years in Boston, San Francisco, Paris and Tokyo. She has a Master’s degree in Applied Psychology and Public Mental Health and is presently working on a Ph.D. in Trauma Informed Care. 

She has authored two books: Open My Eyes Lord: Understanding the Spiritual World Around Us and Finding His Footprints in the Sand, God’s Grace to Women in an Ungracious World. and does speaking engagements for churches around the world.

She serves as the chairman of the board of directors for the Golden Valley Academy of HOPE worldwide, which is located in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

 She presently owns and is president of a property management company and serves in the eldership for the Denver Church of Christ. They have been married for 40 years and love their three children and six grandchildren! Her passion is her family and she enjoys every minute with them!