Peter Arvo grew up in Wisconsin as the youngest son of a pastor. He spent time in his early teens working on an exotic animal farm and going on ‘Grand Adventures’ before moving to India, at the age of sixteen, to understand and experience Untouchability within the Indian caste system. After high school Peter moved to New York City and became active in the folk scene, performing as a regular at the Jalopy Theatre, establishing the ‘Sugar Mountain Showcase’, producing several albums and the Music/Film festival, ‘Festival of the Hunt’. He also attended City College of New York where he received a double BA in Asian Studies and Philosophy.

In 2015, after releasing his album “Peter Arvo and The Hunt”, Peter went on a 7-month motorcycle tour across North America. Sponsored by Royal Enfield, the tour was part music part anthropological investigation, looking to better understand the conservative small towns of the American south and Mexico. After returning from the tour in 2016, Peter moved to Woodstock, New York and began managing Jerry Marotta’s music studio, Dreamland Recording Studios.

In 2018 Peter left the music industry and went to law school, graduating with a JD from Albany Law and winning the CLEA Externship Award for his work with the Office of Tibet (the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government-in-Exile). His thesis was a constitutional comparison between the Tibetan diaspora and the Kingdom of Bhutan. Afterwards, Peter was admitted to the NY Bar Association and moved to Istanbul, Turkey to practice restorative mediation with renowned practitioner, Duke Fisher.

In 2022 he moved to Dharamshala, India to complete a postgraduate fellowship with the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives. His study focused on the democratization curriculum of the Tibetan diaspora compared to the Indian, US, and UK systems. It resulted in an analysis of the relationship between mindfulness practice, Buddhist values, and democracy. A research documentary produced by Moonpeak Films is set to be released in March, 2023 and his article “A new curriculum for a new age?” is set to be published in Tibet Journal in June, 2023.

Currently, Peter is pursuing a Master’s at the University of Oxford, in Tibetan and Himalayan Studies and works with the Office of Tibet, advocating for Tibet’s right to self-determination. He lives with his fiancé, filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer, Munmun Dhalaria, between Oxford and Bristol, UK.