Eileen Ybarra began studying Theravada Buddhist meditation practices in 2004. Her first meditation teacher was Trudy Goodman. Since 2004, she has also studied with a variety of Dharma teachers through the Against the Stream Meditation Society, Insight Meditation Center of Redwood City, Durango Dharma Center, and Spirit Rock Meditation Center. Her profession is public librarianship, a meaningful practice of service and mindfulness, which she is grateful for. She has also been a mindfulness meditation and dharma instructor since 2009 for various meditation centers such as Against the Stream Meditation Society, Boston Meditation Center, San Francisco Dharma Collective, Insight Meditation Center of the Desert, and InsightLA.