Miguel Pimentel is a Licensed Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) Counselor with a Child Welfare and Attendance (CWA) credential and a Registered Associate Professional Clinical Counselor (APCC) in the state of California. He holds a Master of Arts in Education with a concentration in Counseling and Student Personnel from San Jose State University. Miguel currently works at the Alameda County Office of Education (ACOE) Opportunity Academy, where he supports students ages 16 and older who have previously disengaged from school or experienced academic challenges and are seeking to complete their high school diploma. In addition, he serves as part-time faculty in the Department of Counseling Psychology at the University of San Francisco and in the Department of School Counseling at California State University, East Bay. He teaches and supervises school counseling candidates and trainees, with an emphasis on delivering equitable and inclusive academic, college and career, and social-emotional services across K–12 and mental health settings. As a former undocumented college student, Miguel has presented numerous workshops at high schools, colleges, universities, and professional conferences on issues impacting undocumented, AB 540, and DACA students. He is widely regarded as a subject matter expert in this area. In 2022, he co-authored You Are Not Alone: Recipes to Obtain SUCCESS by Students for Students, which received an International Latino Book Awards. In the book, he authored two chapters focused on the experiences and success strategies of undocumented students.