Angel Garcia

Assistant Director of Centro Hispano at the University of North Carolina Wilmington

Angel Garcia was born in Managua, Nicaragua, and immigrated to Tampa Bay, Florida in March, 2000. Angel started his higher education journey as a first-generation student at Hillsborough Community College in Florida. He has degrees in humanities and philosophy from Florida International University, and he received his master’s degree in education from Nova Southeastern University. Angel’s mentors have been a big influence in his professional career and their guidance and energy has motivated him to return the favor by guiding and investing in the next generation of students and global leaders. As a practitioner of an indigenous and Afro-Latinx faith called Ifa-Orisha, Angel uses his personal narrative to connect with people. Angel’s call to action is to accompany people he interacts with and extend a helping hand so they can create their own stories. Angel strives to share his story so that people can engage in healing practices to live a balanced life.