Originally from New York, Shiloh is 44, and father of six. He has worked as a farmer, carpenter, mason, and chimney sweep as well as implementing agricultural and nutritional development programs among the rural poor in both Guatemala and Jamaica. Since 1989, he has been a student of the Tibetan Rinpoche Khenpo Palden Sherab. Currently, Shiloh lives and teaches in a small Vajrayana community in the hills of Tennessee.