Angelita Morillo | |
Office: | Member-elect of Portland City Council from District 3 |
Term Start: | January 1, 2025 |
Predecessor: | office established |
Alongside: | Steve Novick and Tiffany Koyama Lane |
Alma Mater: | Lincoln High School Portland State University |
Angelita Morillo is a member-elect 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 will take office on January 1, 2025.
Morillo attended Lincoln High School, where she won nationals with the constitution team in 2014.[1] [2] She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Portland State University.[3]
Morillo works as a policy advocate and legislative strategist at Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon.[4] 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.
Morillo immigrated from Paraguay to the United States with her family as a child.[6] On TikTok, Morillo posts videos about Portland politics. She is openly queer and uses the pronouns she/they.