Alaa Abou-Arab is an occupational therapist, international speaker, activist, and Co-Founder of kNOwBiaS, LLC, a research-based healthcare education and consulting organisation, working to remove racial bias in work and education settings. He is a practicing acute care therapist. He lives in Los Angeles, CA. Erica V. Herrera is an occupational therapist and a clinical professor, and certified hand therapist (CHT). She lives in Loma Linda, CA. The Coalition for Occupational Therapy Advocates for Diversity (COTAD) is a non-profit organization that promotes Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI), anti-racism and anti-oppression within the occupational therapy workforce and increases the ability of occupational therapy practitioners to serve an increasingly diverse population.
