María de Lourdes Argüelles

Professor Emerita, Education and Cultural Studies

Marriage and Family Therapist (California license # 23571)

Biography

Lourdes Arguelles, Ph.D. retired as Professor of Education and Cultural Studies in 2009. She was invested as a Lopon (Master Teacher) in the Drikung Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism and currently teaches at Drikung Kyobpa Choling, a traditional Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Escondido, California. She is also a California licensed psychotherapist and a Spiritual Care Team Chaplain at Pilgrim Place, an intentional retirement community in Claremont, where she also resides.