Angelica Prisciliano (she/ella) was born in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua (Mexico) where she grew up before moving to southeast Colorado Springs, Colorado, with her family. She is the daughter and granddaughter of Tlaxcaltecas and Chilangos from the City of Mexico.
Angelica earned an Associate’s Degree from Community College of Denver and a Bachelor’s Degree from Metropolitan State University of Denver. Through her academic and community-led education, she found her dedication to advancing transformative public policy and social change through organizing and people power. Angelica also worked for 10 years in the food service and hospitality industry while investing in local and national immigrant justice work. While working as a server in Denver’s vibrant food industry, Angelica bared witness to workplace injustices and abuse such as long fast phased work hours, poverty wages, unfair scheduling, racism, sexual harassment, and abuse. This motivated her organizing and advocacy work to include building a Colorado where all workers are protected and can thrive. Angelica’s vision for our community additionally holds access to green space and creative outlets, food and mobility justice, and environmental science-driven technologies.
Moving to the US from the chaotic city of Juarez has also sparked her interest to reconnect with her cultural and ancestral roots through wandering outdoors, prayer, and medicine. Angelica finds movement healing and spends her time hiking, training for the circus on a slackline, practicing restorative yoga, and dancing cumbias. She values time with friends, family cafecito sessions, and volunteering in community.