Angela Ybarra

About me

Angie Ybarra, Writer (she,her)

Angela “Angie” Ybarra is a senior student enrolled in the Nontraditional Degree Program (NDP) at Northeastern Illinois University. She hopes to work as a grant writer to assist local nonprofit organizations that address the issues of gentrification within Chicago's North West side and help them find funding for their work. Angie loves to allow her audience to formulate their views by presenting the facts or points of interest with the hope to move her audience into action.  Becoming a part of Documenters is enabling Angie to become more aware of local issues affecting the Chicagoland area and also allowing Angie to reach out to her community becoming more involved in areas of food security, homelessness,  and gentrification on the North West side of the city where she lives. 

“Journalism is what maintains democracy.  It’s the force for progressive social change.”

----Andrew Vachss, Author