Angie Crossing

Angelina Williams Hopkins
was born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia. The
4th of 6 children, she attended Norfolk Public
Schools. She later attended the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University
(Va. Tech) and earned a doctoral degree in
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
in 2001. She was a high school teacher,
assistant principal and high school principal.
Dr. Hopkins later worked as Supervisor for
Minority Achievement and Senior Director
for Multicultural Services in a school division on the Upper Peninsula.
In 2010, Dr. Hopkins founded SRPD, LLC. In her fi rst book, What If Angie
Dont Like Cabbage?: Triumphing from Foster Care to Adulthood (2010),
Dr. Angelina W. Hopkins shares her lifes story as a foster child.
Dr. Angelina W. Hopkins is a wife and mother of three young adult children.