Hasna Sal, artist and poet, is an architect by profession. However, as an artist and poet, she identifies herself as a raconteur–bringing to light stories that are overlooked or forgotten or uncomfortable. She credits her post graduate studies in landscape architecture at Harvard University, her degree in architecture (magna cum laude) from Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston MA, and her diploma with distinction in journalism from the London School of Journalism with the foundation of her current work in glass sculpture that translates her observations and study of people and communities into creative placemaking and social reform.

Hasna believes art must step beyond the liminalities of aesthetics and transcend into the realm of social activism. Her chosen banner, the victims of sex trafficking. "Art should resolve world issues. Art should have a voice that resonates loud and clear across boundaries. Art should be the champion of change." She writes, “Sharing these stories creates awareness of the problem, which in turn facilitates the platform for conversations and resolutions to take place.”