Our Team

Chloe Berkowitz

Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director

Hi, I’m Chloe Berkowitz! I’m 18 and I’m a freshman at UC Berkeley. I became inspired to co-found this organization in 2021 when I was watching the news on the Taliban in Afghanistan forcing people out of their homes and country. When refugees began to arrive in America, I thought about all of the teenagers just like me, who would have to suddenly adjust to a drastically different environment. I wanted to help them feel more comfortable in their new communities and high schools.

Outside of Teens at the Door, I am very passionate about combating climate change, and I am majoring in Environmental Science. I am currently developing projects that motivate people to take everyday action to reduce their carbon footprint. I also enjoy being in nature, hiking, and travelling. My favorite hobby is drawing and painting, and I love to visit museums all around the world. I’ve trained in both beach and indoor volleyball, and although I definitely prefer to play in the sand, I made All CIF Southern Section for indoor volleyball and brought my high school team to the championship for the first time in school history.

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Hugo Chiasson

Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director

Hi, I’m Hugo Chiasson! I’m 18 and a member of Harvard’s class of 2028. In August 2021, I watched as the planes took off from the Kabul airport and could not help but feel like I had to do something to help all those people forced to leave their homeland, most especially the teenagers like me who would be uniquely impacted by their displacement.

I love politics, film, and learning about people and the systems around me. I am also passionate about Constitutional Law. My favorite activities are reading, working on campaigns, writing, and watching movies. In the summer before my junior year, I served as a delegate to California Boys and Girls State 2023, where I was selected as one of two students to represent California as a Senator at Boys Nation that July. While there, I presented my resolution on refugees. You can read more about it here. I was also a member of the Olivia E. Mitchell LA City Youth Council, where I advocated for policy on behalf of youth in Los Angeles, including refugee youth. Most of all, I hope that in the future I can help to make the systems which protect refugees function better than they do today.

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Austen Kite

President

My name is Austen Kite, and I’m Teens at the Door’s Chief Operating Officer! In my free time, I love playing volleyball and baking. I am fluent in Spanish and English and am excited to apply my bilingual skills to communicate with Spanish-speaking refugees. I have always been a social butterfly and love connecting people together. Teens at the Door has an amazing mission that connects teen refugees with other teens, making them feel more comfortable in an unfamiliar environment. I am so excited to be a part of the organization and make a real impact, creating a welcoming and supportive environment for teen refugees, bridging cultural gaps, and building friendships.

Beau Chiasson

Vice President

Hi, I’m Beau Chiasson! I’m 17 and I’m a Junior at Geffen Academy at UCLA. I decided to join this organization back in 8th grade after learning about how the US pulled out of Afghanistan, watching the videos of refugees hanging onto airplanes as they took off. When I learned about Hugo and Chloe meeting with teen refugees from Afghanistan, I was immediately compelled to do everything in my power to help.

Aside from Teens At The Door, I run competitive track in the 200m-800m, I produce and edit films, I play drums in my band October, and I am a composer fellow with the LA Phil. If we get the opportunity to work together, ask me about some of my interests! Come to a show! I’d love to talk with you about anything I mentioned.

Sophia Jones

Director of Technology and Media

Hi, I’m Sophia Jones. After meeting with Chloe and learning about their inspiring work at Teens at the Door, I immediately wanted to be a part of it. Having previous coding and technological skills, I decided that this would be a good way to put them to use. Spreading awareness of the struggles many kids my age go through is something I enjoy and I’m so glad to be part of the Teens at the Door family to do so!

Apart from Teens at the Door, I love medicine, science, coding, volleyball, piano, and helping others in need. At school, I run the Medicine and Science Club and organize semester blood drives. I also am currently doing research on science-related topics with my research class at Geffen. In my free time, I enjoy ice skating, cooking, and reading.