Dr. Leslie Shore completed her Ph.D. in 2013 from Pacifica Graduate Institute in the Mythological Studies program with an emphasis in depth psychology. Her areas of study include Classical Women’s Mythology; Ancient Ritual as Psychosocial Remedy in Modernity; Japanese Shintoism; Mythic Narratives in Film and Death; and Dying and the Mythic Underworld. Dr. Shore wrote her dissertation on Japanese Master Animator Hayao Miyazaki and his progressive screen heroines who are community builders, environmental stewards, and problem solvers for their communities.