Angelica Owens

Angelica Owens is a Marketing Specialist and the Director of External Relations for the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at the University of Mississippi.  Angelica leads the marketing efforts for the CIE Legacy Leadership Program and it’s initiatives. As an entrepreneur herself, Angelica brings knowledge and skill to the CIE and understands the importance of building a network of community partners.

A native of Memphis, TN, Angelica’s vivid imagination and keen eye for detail was noticed at a very young age. Her creativity and passion for storytelling has created many opportunities in the field of writing. As her passion grew, Angelica wrote and self-published her first book of short stories entitled Some Parents Just Don’t Understand, Book 1: Four Real Stories About Real Teens and Real Issues at age 16. The book contained stories based on the experiences of her peers that have been trivialized by their parents, guardians and/or caretakers. During the summer of 2012, Angelica was granted the opportunity to travel and tour the heart of Europe for three weeks where she visited France, Italy, Rome and Switzerland and stayed with a host family in Austria for one week. At age 18, Angelica wrote and published Some Parents Just Don’t Understand, Book 2 which contains eight more stories and promotes healthy communication between parents and their teenagers as they grow and learn more about themselves.