Dr. A. Angélique Roché, JD, LL.M. is a journalist, producer, author, professional host, and educator from New Orleans, LA. A multi-hyphenate storyteller, her work sits at the crossroads of history, current events, and their impact on pop culture. She has been seen/heard on various outlets and platforms, including Harper’s Bazaar, NBC News, NBCBLK, MSNBC, AMC/BBC, SyfyWire, Disney, Marvel Studios, ESPN, and Paramount+.
For more than two decades, she has hosted and produced multiple non-scripted audio shows and series, including Marvel’s Voices (creator/producer), Women of Marvel, and New York Public Radio’s (WNYC) Very Biggest Questions. In 2018, she joined the team at Marvel to create Marvel’s Voices (MV), first as a podcast and then as a line of special anthologies that live inside the Marvel Universe. To this day, the MV anthologies, specials, and digital comics continue to highlight BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and women creators and have served as debut vehicles for hundreds of new creators into the Marvel Universe.
In 2023, Angelique made her writing debut with her first graphic novel, Trinity City #1. She made her Marvel Comics debut in 2025, when she plotted and co-wrote Storm Lifedream #1. She is also the author of the graphic novel First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth (Oni Press) and the author of Marvel/Bloomsbury’s forthcoming non-fiction book, Marvel Age of Heroes: Misty Knight Iconic and Bionic: An Exploration (2027), and the co-author of Marvel’s My Super Hero is Black.
Prior to entering the entertainment field full-time, Angélique worked as a congressional staffer, political field strategist, and campaign manager. In addition, she served as the Vice President for External Affairs for the Ms. Foundation for Women.
A two-time HBCU graduate, she earned her BA in Mass Communications, Print Journalism at Southern University and A&M College and her Juris Doctorate from the Southern University Law Center. She earned her Master of Laws in International and Comparative Law from George Washington University Law School.
She is currently the Religion and Public Life Fellow for Arts and Popular Culture at Union Theological Seminary and was formerly the RPL Fellow for Arts and Popular Culture at Harvard Divinity School.
She serves on various boards, including the New Orleans Film Society Board of Directors, the Abrams ComicArts MegaScope Editorial Advisory Board, and the New Orleans Tourism and Culture Fund Board.
