Ángela Pérez
Staff Reporter
@angela_sophiaa | angela.perez@yale.edu
Ángela Pérez is City Editor of the YDN. She was a former beat reporter, covering City Hall and Women's Volleyball. She was a former editor and writer for the WKND desk. She is from Puerto Rico and plans to major in Architecture.
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ZAPORAH PRICE & ÁNGELA PÉREZ
Citywide Youth Coalition launches political education series

On Tuesday afternoon, seven members of New Haven’s Citywide Youth Coalition met in their first online meeting of the year to discuss political education.  Citywide […]

October 21, 2020

ÁNGELA PÉREZ
Zoom fatigue taints Yale student experience

“Zoom fatigue” has become a new reality for Yalies as they partake in a fall semester defined by online classes and extracurriculars.  This phenomenon refers […]

October 14, 2020

LARISSA JIMENEZ, ÁNGELA PÉREZ & OWEN TUCKER-SMITH
New Haven groups host Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebrations

This week, several New Haven groups — including Unidad Latina en Acción — hosted celebrations and protests in honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Indigenous Peoples’ […]

October 13, 2020

LARISSA JIMENEZ & ÁNGELA PÉREZ
RITM hosts panel of Latinx scholars

The Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity and Transnational Migration hosted a panel of Latinx history scholars to discuss their work on the American […]

October 12, 2020

ÁNGELA PÉREZ
In Favor of Hugs: A Letter of Recommendation for What We Need Most

It’s impossible to hug someone from six feet away. This is a problem for lovers, huggers and friends everywhere. You miss hugs. I miss hugs. […]

October 8, 2020

ALEX ORI & ÁNGELA PÉREZ
First-year musicians form band during quarantine

In Pauli Murray’s elevated courtyard this Saturday, Phil and the Blank — a band of three first years — performed a series of songs to […]

October 4, 2020

ÁNGELA PÉREZ
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

My kitchen counter is a mess. Flour makes its way into the miniscule gaps between counter and stove. Scattered fruits and vegetables litter the surface […]

October 1, 2020

ISAAC YU, ÁNGELA PÉREZ & ROSE HOROWITCH
New Haven residents protest for environmental justice

Over 100 protestors gathered at the corner of Church and Chapel Streets Friday afternoon to demand greater city cooperation on environmental justice issues and a […]

September 28, 2020

ZAPORAH PRICE & ÁNGELA PÉREZ
New Haveners protest indictment ruling in Breonna Taylor case on the Green

On Thursday afternoon, 250 community members and students gathered on the New Haven Green to protest the lack of charges against three Louisville police officers […]

September 25, 2020

ÁNGELA PÉREZ, ZAPORAH PRICE, PRANAV SENTHILVEL & KAREN LIN
IN PHOTOS: New Haveners protest indictment ruling in Breonna Taylor case

On Thursday afternoon, 250 community members and students gathered on the New Haven Green to protest the indictment of a police officer involved in the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman whose death reinvigorated nationwide conversations over race and police brutality. Photography by Karen Lin and Pranav Senthivel.

September 25, 2020

ÁNGELA PÉREZ
Saladcraft opens on Whitney

Yalies have a new reason to trek down to the Whitney-Audubon District for a healthy meal. After having to postpone its opening for almost a […]

September 24, 2020