Dr. Allyson Pimentel, Ed.D., is a psychologist and longtime Insight meditation practitioner and teacher whose work explores the intersections of mindfulness, psychology, Buddhist wisdom, spiritual practice, and individual and collective well-being. She has been teaching mindfulness in clinical, medical, corporate, secular, and spiritual settings for over twenty years and is the Director of Mindful USC at the University of Southern California. She also teaches at USC's Rossier School of Education in the Mental Health Leadership doctoral program.