Angela is a board-certified mental health nurse practitioner. She completed her doctor of nursing practice degree at the University of Minnesota and has a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing with a minor in psychology from St. Catherine University. Her education provided her with a systems perspective of healthcare, and taught her to be a change agent to improve mental health care. She has devoted her career to caring for people with a wide variety of mental health diagnoses. She builds trusting and therapeutic relationships with her patients and advocates for their needs. She strives to instill a sense of hope while challenging patients to recognize their value as individuals. She is committed to serving her patients by promoting self-esteem, fighting stigmas, acknowledging the darkness and helping them find the light.
Angela has a special clinical interest in mood and anxiety disorders, OCD, ADHD, and severe and persistent mental illness. Angela believes in seeing patients as a whole person and not as a disorder.
Being politically active is important to her. She advocates for people with mental illness at the national and state level. She also educates and informs legislators on mental health issues of concern to improve the care we can provide. She is determined to decrease barriers to receiving mental health treatment.
In her free time she enjoys gardening, reading, socializing and being in nature. Above all, she loves spending time with her family and cats, Bruce and Sanchez.
