Minnie Baragwanath

Amanda Jane "Minnie" Baragwanath is a disability advocate from New Zealand. In 2011, she founded Be. Accessible, a social enterprise which aims to make New Zealand accessible and inclusive for all people with disabilities.

Biography Baragwanath grew up in Palmerston North. When she was 14 years old, she was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, an incurable disease of the eyes which caused her to lose her sight. In 2019 she renamed the organisation Be. Lab and established the Centre of Possibility at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). At the Centre of Possibility Baragwanath works with AUT researchers and academics in the field of possibility design and innovation. In 2017 she received the New Zealand Women of Influence Award for Diversity. In 2019 she was named by Zonta International as one of 100 Women of Achievement in New Zealand for her leadership and advocacy for social change.