Angel Acosta works to bridge the fields of leadership, social justice, and mindfulness. He is director of the Garrison Institute's Fellowship Program and creative director at the NYC Healing Collective, a community initiative curating work and insights at the intersection of healing, wellness, and societal transformation. As a member of the 400 Years of Inequality Project, he designed the Contemplating 400 Years of Inequality Experience to support communities in understanding structural inequality through a contemplative approach.
Angel completed his doctorate degree in the curriculum and teaching department at Teachers College, Columbia University. His research explored healing-centered education as a promising framework for educational leadership development and community care. For close to a decade, he served as a program director for the national nonprofit CFES Brilliant Pathways. With a passion for helping young people to think globally and act locally, he directed and taught at a global leadership study abroad program in Rome through the award-winning organization Leadership exCHANGE.
After participating in the Mind and Life Institute’s Academy for Contemplative Leadership, Angel began consulting and developing learning experiences that weave leadership development with conversations about inequality and healing to support educational leaders through contemplative and restorative practices.
Angel is a proud first-generation Dominican-American and graduate of SUNY Plattsburgh. Lately, he has become curious about the ways in which technology can be used as a force for advancing racial equity and dismantling structural inequality.