Stronger Families.
Brighter Futures.

ABOUT THE FOUNDER

Meet Angela Zak

Founder, Aligned Horizons LLC

For nearly 20 years, Angela Zak has dedicated her career to working alongside children, families, professionals, and communities navigating complex circumstances. Her experience spans child welfare, family preservation, behavioral health, crisis intervention, case management, supervision, and community-based services—giving her a perspective shaped by both front line practice and leadership.

Throughout her career, Angela has worked directly with families, child welfare professionals, courts, community partners, and interdisciplinary teams. Her experience includes child protection investigations, family assessment, safety planning, reunification and permanency work, crisis response, clinical services, staff supervision, and guiding professionals through complex cases and difficult decisions.

Angela holds a Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology and a Bachelor of Science in Social Work. Her approach is grounded in trauma-informed, strength-based, and family-centered practice, with a strong belief that meaningful solutions are more likely to emerge when people feel heard, respected, and included in the process.

Children’s services has always held a special place in Angela’s heart. After years of working within child welfare and behavioral health systems, she created Aligned Horizons LLC as a way to continue the work she values most while bringing together the experience, perspective, and relationships she has developed throughout her career.

At the heart of Aligned Horizons is a simple belief: families should have a meaningful voice in decisions that affect their lives, and lasting change happens through collaboration rather than working in isolation.

Through meeting facilitation, case consultation, and overall guidance in child welfare, Angela brings people together, supports meaningful collaboration, and helps identify pathways toward better outcomes for children and families.

Whether she is facilitating a family-centered meeting, consulting on a complex case, or partnering with an organization to strengthen practice, Angela strives to create an environment where different perspectives can come together, difficult conversations can move forward, and possibilities can become clearer.

For Angela, Aligned Horizons represents more than a consulting business. It is a continuation of a career devoted to helping strengthen families, supporting the professionals and communities who serve them, and creating greater opportunities for the future.