Professional Bio
Pooja Kothari is a trailblazer in the field of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) training, guiding organizations towards profound cultural transformation. As the founder of Boundless Awareness, LLC—a certified Minority and Woman-Owned Business (MWBE) in New York City and New York State—Pooja brings a powerful blend of lived experience, legal expertise, and profound empathy to her work.
With empathy and compassion, Pooja employs the skills as a mediator and understanding gained during her time working as a public defender at The Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Practice. She spent seven years advocating for her clients in all aspects of the criminal case, from arraignment and bail applications, investigations, plea negotiations, and suppression hearings and felony and misdemeanor jury trials.
She uses the depth and breadth of her experience to present equity, communication and leadership work at the intersections of race, disability, sexuality, gender, socio-economic status, etc., examining the histories and existing structures of oppression through a multimodal pedagogical process. Her workshops are experiential journeys, custom-built to address the unique concerns and experiences of each client organization.
