Angela Butel lives in New York City and studies Public and Urban Policy at The New School. Her commitment to building more inclusive, equitable communities grows out of her grounding in Catholic social teaching, which she developed through 16 years of Catholic school in Kansas City, Missouri and through working for Catholic Charities in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She received a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology, with concentrations in in human rights and humanitarianism and African studies and a minor in French from Macalester College.
While pursing her Bachelor’s, Angela was involved in interfaith work on and off campus including being a member of the Macalester Multifaith Council, co-chair of Mac Catholics, and an emerging organizer for the Joint Religious Legislative Coalition of Minnesota. In addition to these responsibilities, Angela worked for Amicus, which provides transitional services to ex-offenders, and was involved in her campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity.