Angeles Mangaser Avecilla

Angeles Mangaser Avecilla, was a Filipino social worker, missionary, and educator in the Territory of Hawaii. She was influential within the early Filipino community on the islands, specifically in Honolulu.
Avecilla came from the Philippines to Hawaii in 1932, working with the Hawaiian Board of Missions, part of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. In the 1930s, she worked as a social worker at the YWCA with Filipino women and girls in Hawaii. She also directed the Filipino adult education courses in the adult education department of the University of Hawaiʻi. Avecilla remained into Hawaii until 1955.