Rev. Juan Carlos Areán

Teaches at One Spirit Learning Alliance

Rev. Juan Carlos Areán, One Spirit graduate of 2016, is an internationally recognized activist, public speaker, trainer and facilitator, and a published author. For many decades, he has worked on his own journey of healing from racism, sexism, and other forms of oppression, and has supported others pursuing their own healing. In particular, he has worked to engage men across different cultures to become better fathers, intimate partners, and allies to end domestic violence and achieve gender equity. He works as a program director at Futures Without Violence. Previously, he served as a sexual assault prevention specialist at Harvard University. He is a founding member of the United Nations Network of Men Leaders to combat violence against women, created by former Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Juan has served as an expert in many media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, NPR, HuffPost, CNN en Español, Univision, and Telemundo. He is an active trainer and facilitator who has led hundreds of workshops and presentations throughout the United States, the Americas, the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia, and for the US Congress and the United Nations in New York and Geneva. Juan Carlos is a doctoral candidate at the Wisdom School of Graduate Studies and has a master's degree in music composition.