Biography

Angela serves as the executive assistant to Dr. Kevin Orr in the School of Music (SoM). Besides providing administrative support to the director and managing the main office, she publishes the School of Music Happenings e-newsletter, prepares hiring "paperwork", coordinates details for faculty/staff searches, and assists with recital and concert publicity. Her many other roles include:

• overseeing operations for the UF Community Music School
• designing publicity materials and providing administrative support for summer music camps
• managing director schedule
• coordinating meetings with SoM staff and faculty; assisting with meetings among staff and administrative personnel with the College of the Arts (CotA)
• taking minutes at faculty meetings
• making office supplies purchases
• arranging accommodations for visitors
• managing catering requests
• maintaining faculty & staff emergency contact information records
• supporting promotion and tenure procedures for faculty
• managing cumulative faculty records
• tracking administrative and academic deadlines
• assisting with procedures for requesting travel funds
• assisting visitors with parking and locating points on campus
• receiving/distributing mail
• maintaining photocopier
• supporting recital attendance procedures
• tracking performance events on college website
• greeting visitors
• answering phone

Angela comes from a family that enjoys a cappella singing and music. Among her favorite genres are opera, folk, bluegrass, and traditional country. She enjoys meeting people from other countries and learning languages, and is currently studying Latin American Spanish. Prior to COVID, she had traveled with a mission team to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, where she served in the clinic/pharmacy. She now serves as a volunteer at the Alachua County jail, teaching Bible classes to women inmates. This past summer Angela traveled to Italy and Scotland. She enjoys singing, reading, watching recipe videos, cooking, theatre, zoos, nature (especially lakes and mountains), and petting dogs. One of her many goals this year is to get to a few Gator football games! She has worked as an editor, schoolteacher, tutor, calligrapher, and opera singer.

The medallion Angela is wearing was designed by Professor Mihai Ciupe of School of Theatre + Dance.