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Name: St. Angela Birthday: December 11, 2000 Death: December 19, 2019 Canonization: March 20, 2025

Feast Day: December 19, day of death. Patronage: Mental illness, her brother had a mental illness and he ended his own life, so she wanted to help those who were going through a similar situation. Early life: Events, actions, qualities, etc.:
 * Born in a middle-class family in Colombia
 * Moved to Spain at a young age
 * Soon moved to America to pursue a better education and help others in a land that needed her
 * Tried her best in school and love to learn other languages
 * Her family did not believe in mental illnesses, but she knew that they existed and she wanted to try and help others who had mental illnesses.
 * Counselled friends who suffered through depression.
 * Dedicated her time volunteering and praying.
 * Spent her weekends talking about her faith and how her faith saved her and could save others.
 * Was a kind person and tried to help other's who suffered with mental illnesses. Wanted to become a counselor, but died before she got the chance to achieve her dreams.
 * After her death, her friends saw her in their dreams and said that she helped them through their problems even after death.

St. Angela's feast day is December 19, no only because it's the day of her death, but also because it is the date her first miracle was performed. St. Angela is the patron saint of mental illnesses. She had an older brother, two years older than her, Izan. Her brother suffered from sever anxiety and bipolar disorders, but her mother didn't believe in mental illnesses and thought it was just a 'face'. After years of having his mental disorders, Izan ended his own life ate the age of sixteen. St. Angela had always been a faithful person while growing up, so when she was informed of her brother's death she didn't mourn on it. She believed his brother was happy after all the pain he went through, but she didn't want others to feel the same way as Izan did. She began helping those who suffered from similar disorders. She traveled to many countries and with her faith helped people overcome their disorders.

St. Angela was born in a middle-class family in Colombia, with her mother and brother. She never met her father and her mother didn't talk about him either, so she didn't ask. At a young age she moved to Spain due to economic problems. In Spain she went to a bilingual school, in which she learned to speak English, but soon moved to America, at the age of thirteen, to receive a better education. St. Angela's brother, Izan, had mental disorders, so she tried her best to help him with whatever he wanted, due to the fact that her mother didn't believe in mental disorders. She loved her brother with all her heart and always prayed for him and for people who were in a similar situations to stay strong and get better. Her brother died three years later due to his mental disorders. Her mother was devastated, but St. Angela kept trying her best at school, but dropped out at the age of sixteen because she wanted to try to help others who had mental illnesses all around the world.

Before she dropped out of school she would spend her weekends talking about her faith and how Faith has saved many people. She would also counselled friends who were to afraid to talk to their parents about their mental disorders. When she dropped out she began traveling to different countries. She volunteered to help at mental illness institutes to talk about the faith. St. Angela was a kind person and always tried to help other's who suffered with mental illnesses. She wanted to become a counsellor, but died before she got the chance to achieve her dreams. Her death was sudden and unexpected. She died in a car accident when she was going to Mass on a Sunday morning. After her death, she performed her first and only miracle. St. Angela appeared in the room of a young man who was about to end his life, but she stopped him. She talked to him about God and the faith, and how Jesus had sacrificed his life for us and we should be thankful and have hope that everything will be alright in the future. She was a great person with a strong heart who believed in Jesus above all things and was thankful for everything he had offered her.