Yung Pueblo is the pen name of Diego Perez, a writer and meditator born in Ecuador who grew up in Massachusetts. He attended Wesleyan University and practices Vipassana meditation. His debut collection, Inward (Andrews McMeel, 2018), became a bestseller and opened a trilogy continued in Clarity & Connection (Andrews McMeel, 2021) and The Way Forward (Andrews McMeel, 2023). He built a large following through social media before publishing in print.