Patti Mitchell received Jukai in 2007 from Kiku Christina Lehnherr and priest ordination in 2016 from Kiku Christina Lehnherr and Ryokan Cynthia Kear. She currently practices as a priest in the marketplace in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she co-guides a zen sitting group with Michael Mason, a transmitted teacher in the Sanbo Kyodan lineage of Ruben Habito.