About Me

Born in 2001, Angela is a writer, performer and advocate with Down Syndrome. Angela has been living in Malta since 2013 and has a Sri Lankan mother and Italian Father. Angela received her BA degree in Creative Arts in 2024 from the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology, where she previously did her Advanced Diploma in Performing Arts. She did her BA dissertation on “Representation for people with learning disabilities in the performing arts in Malta”.

She became Malta’s first TV presenter with Down Syndrome when she co-presented a 10-minute programme (Action!) on TV Malta in 2022. In 2023, she collaborated with the Mind Adventures Theatre Company in Sri Lanka, performing “Heart”, a mixed-ability duet to a monologue she had written. In 2024, Angela received an Artist Residency from Perypezye Urbane, Italy, via the Professional Media Presence Creative Europe project. As part of the residency, she spent two weeks in Venice together with a choreographer and dance partner, working on a mixed-ability duet called BALM, based on her monologues. She got to perform BALM at Dance Festival Malta and at the Venere in Teatro Festival in Venice in summer 2024.

Angela is a passionate advocate for inclusion in the performing arts in Malta, having been part of the Opening Doors Association theatre group for adults with learning disabilities since 2019. Angela has been an Executive Committee Member of the Commonwealth Children and Youth Disability Network (2021-22) and a member of the Young People’s Disability Rights Forum in Malta (2021-2024). In December 2022, Angela received a JCI Malta Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) award for her advocacy work. Angela has talked to different audiences in Malta and Sri Lanka about her experiences in navigating life and the stage with Down Syndrome. Audiences have included school children, young adults with and without disabilities, medical and therapy students, Rotary club members, visiting delegates and retired UNICEF staff.