Sheila Hixon

Sheila King Hixon was born in Chicago in 1940 and grew up north of the city and on the Hawaiian Island of Maui. She graduated from Smith College in 1962 and traveled around the world, returning to Honolulu. While working there, she reencountered her childhood friend Lex Hixon. In 1964, after moving with Lex to New York City, she began studying art at the New School. Later, the couple settled with their children in Riverdale, New York. A fulltime mother, Sheila shared Lex’s spiritual studies and practices, traveled with him, held spiritual events at their home, and hosted long-term guests from various spiritual traditions. In 2007, after studying with Bernie Glassman for 12 years, she received Dharma Transmission as Jinen Angyo Sensei. She serves on the board of directors of two family philanthropic foundations, based in New York and Hawaii, and still lives in Riverdale. She has a stepdaughter, a son, two daughters, and eight grandchildren.