Allyson Pimentel, Ed.D.
Director, Mindful USC
Allyson Pimentel, EdD (she/her/hers), Director of Mindful USC, is a psychologist and long-time practitioner and teacher in the Insight meditation tradition who works at the intersection of mindfulness and mental health. Dr. Pimentel has been teaching mindfulness in university, medical, secular and spiritual settings for over twenty years.
Dr. Pimentel holds a bachelor’s degree from Brown University and a doctorate in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University. She has completed numerous professional mindfulness teacher training programs and also is a registered yoga teacher.
Her writings on mindfulness practice and Buddhist teachings appear in Lion’s Roar magazine, and her teachings and guided meditations are featured on the UCLA Mindful app. Dr. Pimentel loves sharing the practice of mindfulness meditation as a tool for transformation, connection, well-being, wisdom, and individual and collective liberation.
