Angela previously served as AEA Treasurer and on the AEA Board of Directors for Region 8. She has served as co-chair of the Ethnic Minority Task Force, chair of the Rural Schools Task Force, Audit Committee, and Finance and Revenue Committee. Angela is a 24-year veteran educator and has her elementary, secondary, adult education and substitute teaching licenses with endorsements in early childhood education, English as a Second Language (ESL), and English.
A native Arizonan, Angela is from the rural mining town of Globe-Miami, where her labor union roots began. She is a proud product of Globe Public Schools PreK-12 and upon graduation received an academic scholarship to Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education. She then attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and received her Master of Arts degree in Bilingual, ESL, and Equity Education.
Angela returned to Arizona and began teaching for the Apache Junction Unified School District. She taught ESL in grades K-12 and was elected as the president of the Apache Junction Education Association which was recognized as a Local of Distinction by AEA during her term of office. After 12 years in AJUSD, Angela was hired by Gilbert Public Schools to be the supervisor for their GED and English for Adults program. This program was awarded Program of the Year by the Arizona Department of Education during her tenure. Angela also taught 7th-12th grade ESL and 6th grade English Language Arts while she was with Gilbert Public Schools.
She lives in Phoenix with her husband, Brian, their son, Mason and their twin daughters, McKenna and Morgan.