Angela Elo-Rivera

Angela Elo-Rivera (she/her/ella) is a communications professional with more than 15 years' experience in developing creative campaigns for organizations large and small – ranging from grassroots social justice and environmental health nonprofits to renowned education and research institutions. Past clients include: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Environmental Health Coalition, and The Chicano Federation. With these organizations, and more, Angela implemented social media, email marketing, digital advertising, and media relations campaigns that uplifted community voices and created measurable impact by way of asset-based storytelling and narrative change.

Prior to joining the Sanford Institute of Empathy and Compassion, Angela led marketing and community outreach for UC San Diego’s AntiViral Research Center. In that role, she developed public health campaigns that educated LGBTQIA+ and other historically resilient communities south of the I-8 in San Diego, CA, about the importance of participating in clinical trials. Due to her communications outreach, the research center saw 50% enrollment growth among people-of-color for the Center’s signature HIV research program in under one years’ time.

In her downtime, she can be found chasing her toddler and dog at the park, trying a new restaurant in town, or listening to a podcast.