The Black Foster Youth Handbook by Ángela Quijada-Banks

Through her everyday work with helping young people uncover their divine purpose, performing spoken word events, workshops, Board member at the FCN foundation and political advisory to legislators across the nation, she aims to aid in revolutionary change in holistic health, economic injustices, child-welfare disparities, cultural competency and identity within low-wealth communities of color both on a micro and macro level. As of 2021, Ángela is a scholar at Legacy Holistic Health Institute studying Holistic Health and plant medicine coaching.

She is the Founder and program director at Consciously Melanated Queens ( a community to support the holistic wellbeing of young women of color and provide guidance to uncover their divine purpose.) As a transformational speaker and artist, she has impacted thousands with her message to transmute your pain to purpose and power.

Ángela Quijada-Banks is a NAACP Image Award Nominated, American author of the best-selling book, The Black Foster Youth Handbook, Founder and C.E.O of Soulful Liberation ( a Book publishing company and podcast where she aims to empower foster youth by day and break generational curses by night). Soulful Liberation movement ( workshops and trainings ) : The Black Foster Youth Handbook & I Am Success workbook-youth companion guide : Ángela’s portfolio: Holistic health coaching for spiritual wives in business: this episode we go into detail about why it’s so important to DREAM BIG and give back to the communities that you come from! We also talk about uncovering your divine purpose and much more! She is currently writing a new book set to release September 2022. As a nationally recognized community leader and philanthropist, she started the Soulful Liberation movement, impacting over 30,000 people to revolutionize historically oppressive systems through holistic health and healing trauma with coaching, workshops, training, and programming. Through her holistic health coaching she supports spiritual wives in business to heal their acne, recover from iron deficiency anemia and prioritize their well-being without the sacrifice of their relationships,purpose or passions. As a transformational speaker, she has touched thousands with her message to alchemize your pain to purpose and power.

Ángela Quijada-Banks, (she/her) is an NAACP Image Awards Nominee and American Award-winning author of the Black Foster Youth Handbook.

The Black Foster Youth Handbook by Ángela Quijada-Banks