Sadhvi Siddhali Shree is the first North American female Jain monk, a US Army Iraq- war combat veteran, a TEDx speaker, FORBES council member, activist, and an award-winning filmmaker. 

Determined to bring about positive change and to help humans and animals who have suffered, she directed and produced two award-winning documentaries: Stopping Traffic: The Movement to End Sex Trafficking and Surviving Sex Trafficking, and co-directed and produced For the Animals: a Dogumentary, which raises awareness about the stray animal and overpopulation crisis in the United States by focusing on the city of Houston.

Sadhvi Siddhali Shree has always deeply loved animals and wanted to help them. When she watched her dog run out into the street and get hit by a car, the pain flooded her heart and from being her dog’s caretaker, she was inspired at one point to be a veterinarian. She helps run an animal sanctuary with Sadhvi Anubhuti at Siddhayatan Tirth.

She has been featured on CNN, Good Morning America, TMZ, Newsweek, Variety, the Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, The NY Post and other major outlets.