Hassel Aviles
Hassel Aviles (she/her) has built a career in the hospitality industry for over two decades working primarily in restaurants, event production and entrepreneurship. In 2018, after years of struggling with mental illness and workplace trauma, Hassel was inspired to co-found Not 9 to 5, a non-profit that empowers service workers like herself. Hassel’s strategic planning abilities helped grow Not 9 to 5 from a series of workshops, panels and webinars into a global vehicle for change to foster psychological safety in the workplace. Her award-winning work has contributed to a worldwide hospitality revolution to create work environments that are inclusive and proactive. Hassel uses her lived experience and social capital to create solutions and support for workplace mental health in the hospitality industry and beyond.