Angela Abiodun

Angela Abiodun is creating her lived experience using knowledge gained through her yoga practice, doula experiences and interactions with nature. Her commitment to writing allows her to make sense of her world and practice taking up space in a world that has taught her to do otherwise. As Program Director for the Detroit Food Academy, she works to use culinary arts and business as vehicles for youth leadership and development. Through her participation with the Iyengar Yoga Detroit Collective, she deepens her understanding of self through through developing her body’s capacity to exist fully and practices alternative economics through supporting a cooperative space maintain. With her participation with the Detroit Area Restorative Justice Center, she learns and practices tools of restorative justice to incorporate in her communities. She maintains her commitment to education through organizing learning spaces to glean together community knowledge and practice bartering goods and services. She’s working on combining her love of food and storytelling, to deepen her connection to her lineage and support others in deepening and reconnecting to theirs. In her spare time, she reads, colors and dances under the moon.