Juan Carlos Areán, Ph.D.
Juan Carlos Areán, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized activist, public speaker, trainer and
facilitator, and published author. He works as a Program Director for Futures Without
Violence. Since 1991, he has walked along with men across different cultures in a collective
healing journey to become better fathers, intimate partners, and allies to end gendered
violence and achieve gender equity. He was previously the Director of the National Latin@
Network at Casa de Esperanza and the first Sexual Assault Prevention Specialist at Harvard
University. Dr. Areán is an active trainer, who has led hundreds of workshops and
presentations throughout the United States, the Americas, and the Caribbean, as well as in
Europe, Asia, the US Congress, and the United Nations in New York and Geneva.