Angelina Mason

Board Member

As an industry vet of professional liability insurance, Angelina brings 36 years of medical malpractice experience to the board. As a Claims Manager, she defended and represented the professional interests of physicians, health care providers, hospitals and medical facilities against claims and lawsuits involving negligence in California, Alaska, Hawaii and Idaho.

Proud of her mestizo identity, she was born in Panama. She has a son, who is a member of the Navajo Nation, and worked at the Native American Health Center, in Oakland. Through her relationship with the paternal side of his family, she attended and participated in cultural gatherings, powwows and Families in Recovery events at the Friendship House. Angelina became inspired to advocate for tradition-based solutions for Native community health issues.

Angelina started her undergraduate studies in Munich, Germany through the University of Maryland, and obtained her bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a minor in Physiology at the University of California, Davis.

Now retired, she stays active volunteering and building community at St. Vincent de Paul of Alameda County, and as a board member at Mastick Senior Center in Alameda. She is also working with immigrant students as an English Language Development test administrator for AUSD.