In her academic research, Angela Sharp, examines the different forms of mediation involved in transracial and transcultural identity formation among adoptees. Her research has included field work in South America and the U.S.

Angela has also participated in The New School’s international fieldwork program in Colombia, South America, working with Indigenous communities as a media facilitator; was selected as a fellow at Columbia University’s Summer Institute for Oral History; interned for the Apollo Theater’s education department; and worked for years at the American Museum of Natural History in New York as an ethnographic collection's photographer for the Anthropology Department.

Since 2006, Angela has continued to go back and visit her birth family in the desire to try and build a stronger relationship with them. Upon her return to the U.S. in 2006 she met for the first time more family members - two brothers and an uncle, that live in New Jersey. In the matter of a half year in 2006 her definition of family doubled. Although an incredible experience it has also had its moments of difficulty for her in trying to figure out where she belongs in the family tree. It must also be noted that her adoptive mom has been her biggest supporter through out this process of self-exploration, inquiry, and academic research.