Angelique Day, PhD, MSW is an associate professor in the school of social and an adjunct faculty in the Evans School of Public policy and governance, University of Washington-Seattle, USA. Her research expertise is focused in the field of child welfare, with a focus on Indian Child Welfare, kinship care, foster parent recruitment and retention, and aging out youth. Her practice experience is in the political social work arena, specifically as a lobbyist and former legislative aid who has practiced at both the state and federal levels.