After her time at Monte, Angela commenced her medical degree at the University of New South Wales, whilst also spending significant time working in remote communities within the Northern Territory (NT); an interest which was sparked by Monte's involvement with reconciliation activities.

Deferring university for a year, Angela chose to work as the Children,Youth, Sport and Recreation Officer at Walungurru (600km west of Alice Springs), as part of a petrol-sniffing intervention project. It was here she became passionate about looking beyond the health sector to meet the needs of young people.

During her time at university, Angela was also co-chair of the National Rural Health Students' Network, representing 10,000 health professional students across Australia who were interested in rural, remote and Indigenous health. This opportunity cemented her interest in remote health, as well as her interest in the importance of early life health as the foundation of later good health.

After completing university, Angela undertook her internship and residency in Alice Springs (where she met her husband Steve), before beginning paediatric specialty training in Sydney and later returning to Alice Springs as a paediatric registrar. After undertaking dual training in general paediatrics and paediatric endocrinology, Angela achieved her specialist qualifications in 2015. She has been working
as a paediatrician and paediatric endocrinologist (the only specialist of this type in the NT) at the Royal Darwin Hospital since 2017. At the same time, Angela is undertaking outreach to communities across the NT and working as a paediatrician at the Darwin Sexual Assault Referral Centre.

Angela is now completing her PhD through the Menzies School of Health Research, exploring the impact of gestational diabetes on the growth, cardiovascular and developmental risk of pre-school aged children living within the NT. She is also leading a collaborative project across the Kimberley, Far North Queensland and the NT, working to understand the prevalence of young people with type 2 diabetes and potential healthcare improvement options.