Angela Woosley (she/they) has been a MN-licensed mortician for 20 years. In addition to her work with Inspired Journeys, Angela served on the board of directors for the National Home Funeral Alliance, serving as board president for a portion of her term. She was a fundamental part of the working group who worked diligently to help legalize Natural Organic Reduction in the 2024 Minnesota legislative session. Angela is actively involved with the MN Death Collaborative and connected with folks from the MN Threshold Network. In addition, she supports the Land Conservation Natural Burial Project, working to make conservation natural burial a reality in MN.
Angela is featured in the TPT documentary “Remembering Place: A Cemetery Story,” (linked above) which won an Upper Midwest Emmy in 2022. (pictured below)
Prior to starting Inspiring Journeys, Angela taught in the Program of Mortuary Science at the University of Minnesota for 10 years. During that time, she shared her passion for funeral service with hundreds of students.
In 2014, she earned her master’s degree through the University of Minnesota’s Family Social Science Department. Afterward, her research was published in the Journal of Family and Economic Issues. She became a certified celebrant in 2017 through the Insight Institute, and in 2019 she trained as an end-of-life doula with the International End-of-Life Doula Association (INELDA.)
A passionate educator, Angela has presented locally and nationally over the years on topics such as inviting folks into caring for their loved one, shrouding the deceased, the art of obituaries, self-care, young adult grief, and grief in family systems.