Dr. Rolf Nolasco, Jr. is Professor of Pastoral Theology at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. He has graduate degrees from Fuller Theological Seminary and Boston University. He is the author of The Contemplative Counselor: A Way of Being (Fortress Press 2011), Compassionate Presence: A Radical Response to Human Suffering (Cascade Books 2016), and God’s Beloved Queer: Identity, Spirituality, and Practice (Wipf & Stock, 2019). Dr. Nolasco’s country of origin is the Philippines.