Rabbi Nancy Kasten is a community educator, volunteer, and activist. Ordained by the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in 1990, she served as Hillel Director, Associate Chaplain, and Adjunct Professor of Biblical Hebrew at SMU from 1990-2002. From 2002-2005 Kasten worked as Campus Rabbi and Head of Jewish Studies at the Wise Academy, a Reform Jewish Day School. In recent years her focus has been on the intersection between mindfulness and social justice.

Rabbi Kasten is currently a co-chair of Faith Forward Dallas at Thanks-Giving Square and also volunteers with a number of organizations that advocate for peace and justice for Israelis and Palestinians. She is married to Rabbi David Stern and they have three children.