Angelita Morillo | |
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Member of Portland City Council from District 3 | |
Assumed office January 1, 2025 Servingwith Steve Novick and Tiffany Koyama Lane | |
Preceded by | office established |
Personal details | |
Born | 1995or1996(age 28–29) [1] |
Alma mater | Lincoln High School Portland State University |
Angelita Morillo is a member of Portland City Council from District 3. She was elected in 2024 during Portland's first municipal election using Single Transferable Vote to elect its City Council members from multi-member districts and assumed office on January 1,2025.
Morillo attended Lincoln High School,where she won nationals with the constitution team in 2014. [2] [3] She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Portland State University. [4]
Morillo works as a policy advocate and legislative strategist at Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon. [3] [1] Previously,she worked as Constituent Relations Manager for City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty. [5] She was among the first people to declare their run for Portland City Council in August 2023. [5]
Morillo immigrated from Paraguay to the United States with her family as a child. [6] On TikTok,Morillo posts videos about Portland politics. [5] She is openly queer and uses the pronouns she/they. [2] [1]