Dr. Allyson Pimentel

Dr. Allyson Pimentel, Ed.D. is a psychologist, long-time Vipassana meditation practitioner, and teacher who works at the intersections of mindfulness, mental health, healing, and social justice. Allyson serves as the Co-Director of Mindful USC at the University of Southern California and she has been teaching mindfulness in clinical, medical, secular, and spiritual settings for nearly twenty years. Additionally, she teaches at the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) and is a board member and teacher at InsightLA. Her writings on mindfulness have appeared in Lion’s Roar Magazine and in...