She is also on the board of Raices Cultural Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to eco-culture, seed saving and eco/cultural archivism. She was born in San Sebastian, a small mountain town in the island of Puerto Rico, and comes from a long line of curanderos; her grandmother Cecilia was the go to person for folk and natural remedies for both spiritual and physical ailments. Angela grew up hearing about the native herbs of the island and their uses from both her grandmother and her father. Today, she continues to learn and research about these foods and herbs, both for culinary and medicinal uses.