Angela believes strongly that in order for the environmental crisis to be solved, people’s values and behaviors must come to more strongly emphasize the intrinsic, intergenerational, and spiritual values of nature as opposed to simply focusing on their economic and utilitarian worth. She hopes that her thesis will demonstrate that environmental values-based work is both possible and imperative. She also wishes that it help to support the work of religious-environmentalists by showing them that they are not alone in their challenges and that their work is instrumental in bringing about the magnitude of change needed in order to leave our children a whole and healthy world.

Angela was born and raised in Michigan where she attended public school through college. She achieved a B.S. in Psychology from Michigan State University (MSU) in 1996 and spent the majority of her professional life working in social science research, studying alcoholism, clinical depression, and then acting for several years as the Project Manager for the Michigan site of the federally-funded national Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Study. Soon after her marriage in 2002, she and her husband left the U.S. to live and work in France for two years, she as an English teacher and editorial assistant. They returned in 2004, and Angela began a Master’s program in Environmental Studies at Brown University which she finished in May of 2006. She is currently living in Baltimore and working for the Parks & People Foundation, a local environmental non-profit that works to restore city neighborhoods and their natural resources, and to provide academic enrichment and motivation for the city’s children and youth. She also works one day a week at the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, helping to develop materials and promote their Meatless Monday campaign in county middle schools. She enjoys volunteering with several local environmental organizations, and is passionate about local and sustainable food systems and urban agriculture.