Meet Our Volunteers

Volunteer Spotlight and Member Highlights

Exciting news! AABB’s Professional Engagement Program will be showcasing all of the great work our members do for AABB and the world at large.

Our PEP Volunteer Spotlight will consist of a short Q&A with one of our members published each month in AABB News. Our members play an integral role here at AABB and we want to share their accomplishments.

Member Highlights can be any volunteer accomplishment directly involved with AABB and will change as new highlights are added. These highlights may range from publications, committee work, webinars and everything in between!

We are currently soliciting names of individuals to showcase for the coming year in either our Volunteer Spotlight or a Member Highlight capacities. If you or a fellow AABB member are interested, please email us at PEP@aabb.org.

Professional Engagement Program Volunteer Spotlight on Maria De Los Angeles (Angie) Muñiz, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Transfusion Medicine, Cellular Therapy & Donor Center Division
RWJ Barnabas Health | Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

How long have you been an AABB member?

Since 2009

In which AABB volunteer activities are you currently active? In which have you participated?

I have been involved supporting the Spanish Language Subsection in different ways from helping to translate AABB materials, presenting at the AABB in Spanish, etc. Eventually I became co-leader, and now I lead the Spanish Language Subsection.

What motivates you to volunteer?

The simple inclination to help. Selfless giving to others, no matter how small the gesture is returns multiplied.

How has your volunteer work impacted your professional work?

I have expanded my network connecting with professionals within the US and abroad. Learning through others with different perspectives and experiences helps me to manage our workplace, personal life, etc.

What have you learned from volunteering with AABB? And what advice would you give to someone interested in volunteering?

Life is an experience of growth and self-awareness. Not only your professional growth is expected, but your personal life as well. And best of all I can connect with great and sound expertise if I need advice.

What is your favorite movie?

Close Encounters of the Third Kind.