Dr. Ryan Damron began his study of Tibetan, Sanskrit, and Buddhist literature during a decade spent in the Kathmandu Valley, followed by academic training at Columbia University and the University of California, Berkeley. He received his PhD in Sanskrit and South Asian Studies from UC Berkeley in 2021. He began working for 84000 in 2013 as a translator with Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche's Dharmachakra Translation Committee, later joining the editorial team in 2017. In addition to his work at 84000, he has taught Tibetan, Sanskrit, and translation methodology at Rangjung Yeshe Institute in Kathmandu, and is presently chairman of the board at Rangjung Yeshe Gomde, California.