Angela M. Watkins grew up in New Mexico, raised in a small city similar to Monroe.  Angela attended college at New Mexico State University where she was an honor graduate earning a bachelor or arts degree in criminal justice. In 2010, Angela and her family visited North Carolina, spending time in Charlotte, as well as Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks. Falling in love with the state, Angela and her family relocated here in 2013 where she attended law school in Charlotte earning her Juris Doctor. During law school, Angela worked as an intern for the Union County District Attorney’s Office.