Hidden Barriers

We're not just casually invested in this project, we speak from individual and organizational experience. We include:

Sean Aquino - Sean manages to integrate a free-flowing creative spirit and a focused tinkering with technology to inspire and implement both the creative and technical aspects of the HiddenBarriers.org project. A native of Chicago, Sean is no stranger to moving around the country - and the world - to absorb different perspectives in the arts and in life. He has worked in television, but it is in his three years learning Indonesian and Japanese dance - in the countries of their origin - that may have exposed him to the most unique scenarios.

Mini Kahlon - as an immigrant to the United States (17+ years in the making!), Mini brings her passion for the American ideal of a level playing field coupled with an outsiders sharp perspective on the historical and environmental discrepancies in our society to bear on the HiddenBarriers.org project. Mini is a neuroscientist, with a Ph.D. from UCSF, and has learned about hidden barriers through her experiences in academia and in the for-profit technology sector. She is committed to using her own brain, and her understanding of brains in general, to tackle head on the challenge of revealing that which is hidden to ourselves.

Freada Klein - In the '70s, Freada co-founded the first organization in the United States to focus exclusively on sexual harassment in both academia and the workplace. After getting her Ph.D. in social policy and research she was the head of employee relations for the software company Lotus (now part of IBM). Subsequently, she started a for-profit consulting firm to focus on building respectful and inclusive work environments with clients as diverse as major international investment banks, top tier law firms, universities, and large NGOs. She has served as an expert witness, testified in Congress, and appeared on major broadcast media and been quoted frequently in publications such as Business Week, Fortune, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and the Chicago Tribune.