Timezone overlap
9h overlap with US East · Panama
English level
Advanced
Self-assessed via CEFR ladder
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Skills
Tools
About
Angela is Lead Partnerships and Social Impact at Thinko, where she applies 13.5 years of experience building connections that make social impact systems work and thrive. Her work spans Latin America and the Caribbean, engaging with multilateral organizations, governments, NGOs, and the private sector. Prior to Thinko, Angela served as Executive Director at Fundación Espacio Creativo and as a Senior Communications Associate at UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. These roles shaped her expertise in public policy, strategic partnerships, and DEI, influencing policy environments and strengthening institutions to deliver rights-based solutions. Angela enhanced her leadership and policy skills through programs at Georgetown University and Flacso. She combines technical rigor with relational intelligence, understanding systems while always operating through people. Her focus includes gender, migration, and historically marginalized groups, and she has a strong track record of remote and hybrid collaboration across multicultural teams.
Work preferences
- Job type
- Consulting, Full-time
- Company size / type
- Early-stage startup (0-20), Growth-stage startup (21-200), Nonprofit / NGO
- Culture
- —
- Industries
- Business Consulting, Marketing & Advertising
- Hours
- EST business hours
- Engagement
- Open to contract / freelance
Salary context
Benchmarks for SMB non-tech role · Senior (7+ yrs).
US figures from BLS OEWS 2024 + Glassdoor; India figures from US SMB offshore vendor pricing. Adjusted for the candidate's seniority.
Work experience
- Lead Partnerships and Social Impact · ThinkoMar 2026 — PresentPA
- Lead the design and consolidation of Thinko's strategic alliance ecosystem, connecting the studio with social impact organizations, private sector actors, and stakeholders across Panamá and Latin America. - Work at the intersection of innovation…
- Executive Director · Fundación Espacio CreativoJul 2024 — Feb 2026PA
As Executive Director, I led Fundación Espacio Creativo (FEC) to achieve its mission of providing transformative opportunities through dance, non-formal education and culture in Panama, through its Programs Enlaces and Sandbox. Experience in this…
- Independent Senior Consultant · Angela Florez - Agencia BoutiqueJun 2022 — Present
Providing advisory services to multilateral organizations, NGOs, governments, and private-sector actors on public policy, DEI strategies, institutional strengthening, advocacy, and strategic communications across Latin America and the Caribbean. …
- Senior Communications Associate · UNHCR, the UN Refugee AgencySep 2014 — Jul 2022
For nearly 8 years, I led regional communications and advocacy strategy for UNHCR in Central America and the Caribbean — building the institutional presence, partnerships, and narratives that advanced protection and inclusion for displaced…
- Legal Advisor - Humanitarian Protection · HIASDec 2012 — Aug 2014PA
Provided humanitarian and legal protection to asylum seekers and refugees in Panama, with a focus on gender-based violence, access to healthcare, and education. - Designed and implemented a rights and duties awareness campaign for refugees and…
Education
- Program · Georgetown University2023—2023US· Global Competitiveness Leadership
- Maestría · Área Estado y Políticas Públicas de Flacso2018—2020· Public Policy and Development, Public Policy Analysis
- Postgraduate · Quality Leadership University2017—2017· NGO Management, NGO
- Bachelor · Universidad Católica Santa María La Antigua2009—2012PA· Law and Political Sciences, Law and Political Sciences
- Bachiller · Colegio Episcopal de Panama1996—2008PA· Science and Languages, Science and Languages