Angela M. Godwin graduated from University of Florida in 2004 and Columbia University in 2007. In 2011, she became a member of full-time faculty, and she has taught various on and off-campus clinicals in the undergraduate program. Additionally, Godwin is a Kaplan Nursing faculty member, and she specializes in assisting students in passing the NCLEX.

As a board certified family nurse practitioner, her focus is in bariatrics. She runs a private clinic in the Bronx, with an interest in weight loss and related health disparities and GI issues. Her non-surgical approach includes ketogenic diet weight loss, and her scholarly interests include obesity, diabetes management, and metabolic syndrome.