Dilara Ally, PhD, LCSW (she/her) integrates machine learning, AI and clinical expertise together in her mental health research at Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School's Center for Mindfulness and Compassion. Specializing in trauma, depression and anxiety, her research explores how Internal Family Systems influences attachment, compassion and perspective-taking in trauma recovery. Dilara is guided by person-centered intervention development, leveraging machine learning and artificial intelligence to study self-related processes underlying treatment effectiveness, with a focus on amplifying patient voices. A two-decade Buddhist meditation practice has profoundly shaped her research and therapeutic approach, grounding it in acceptance and compassion. In her spare time, she enjoys exploring permaculture design principles in her backyard, garden-to-table cooking, and spending time with her family.