Angela Arce

Angela was born and raised in the San Diego area in the city of Chula Vista, California. She attended the University of California, Los Angeles for her undergraduate education, where she majored in Public Affairs. Angela’s passion for activism and education policy was ignited in high school, where she interned for former Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, proposed bills that the Assemblymember carried on her behalf, and worked with civil rights leaders such as Bobby Seale and Dolores Huerta to help mobilize civic engagement and voter efforts.

Angela was radicalized at UCLA after stepping into leadership roles at grassroots, student-led, and cultural organizations. She immersed herself in a multitude of Asian American Studies and other ethnic studies courses that highlighted social justice, policy advocacy, and political engagement issues. She served as the Communications Associate for Samahang Pilipino Advancing Community Empowerment at UCLA, creating content to help historically underserved high school and community college students access higher education at the UC level. In this role, she also tutored TK-12 Filipino American students from disadvantaged backgrounds and worked hands-on to support them with college applications, scholarships, and the education system in general. After graduating, Angela continued her work as the Social Media, Web, and Marketing Intern at the UCLA LGBTQ Campus Resource Center and Communications Associate at the Campaign for College Opportunity.

Angela, the daughter of two immigrants, faced many trials and tribulations. Her mother, the sole member of her family of eight to earn a degree, adamantly believed that pursuing education was of the utmost importance and instilled that sentiment onto Angela at a very early age. Raised by a single mother and growing up in a low-income household, she was hyperaware of the transformative power of education and its potential to break the cycle of poverty. Deeply relating to the plights and struggles of students’ dire need to create a better life for their families, Angela seeks to empower historically underserved students like her through her work with EdVoice.