After nearly three years of leadership as the Community Partnership Specialist at the Latino Center for Health, Antoinette Angulo has been named the Center’s inaugural Policy Director effective September 1, 2021. Antoinette, a Chicana from Los Angeles, is an experienced public health practitioner and highly respected activist in Seattle, WA. She earned her MPH from the University of Washington and studied health policy at UC Berkeley.
Antoinette has over 20 years of experience working with Latinx populations in the U.S. and in Latin America in clinical, research, and community health settings. She is experienced in partnering with stakeholders such as impacted community members, promotores, restaurant and hospitality workers, and healthcare workers to co-produce credible data to inform policymakers and advance health policy at the community, state, and national levels. Most recently, she led the Increasing the Latinx Physician Workforce NOW project for LCH, which culminated in the passing of Senate Bill 5228 and House Bill 1129 in the 2021 WA state legislative session.
As the inaugural Policy Director for the Latino Center for Health, Antoinette is pleased to lead the Center’s efforts in bridging evidence with policymaking to promote the health and well-being of Latinx communities in WA state.