Born in Israel 1975 to American parents, Avigail has a B.A & M.F.A in film and a M.F.A in creative writing. Avigail has been following the Dharma path since 2004 and started teaching mindfulness meditation in 2009 in prison. She continued teaching Dharma & mindfulness MBSR courses all over the world. She volunteers with cancer patients and uses the Buddhist teaching to support any encounter with sorrow and grief as well as joyous moments. Her film "Just This" wan the best international film award at the Burbank film festival, September 2023. Graetz published an award-winning novel in Hebrew translated to English in 2017, titled 'A Rabbi’s Daughter'. And a poetry book- Just This- poems of freedom 2024. She shares her life with the cinematographer Eitan Herman and their daughter, together they see themselves citizens of the world.