Angel Santos was active in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps while he was in high school, and enlisted in the US Air Force after he graduated.
11 Facts About Angel Santos
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Angel Santos was honorably discharged from the Air Force after 13 years, and was stationed in Montana, Texas, Hawaii, Mississippi, California and Guam.
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Angel Santos conducted several studies and held hearings, all of which pointed to the detrimental effects on the health of the land and the people after years of militarization on Guam.
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Angel Santos ran for office in response to a challenge by Judge Unpingco, who had presided over his 1993 case.
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Angel Santos believed protecting Chamorro rights was something that benefited everyone; fighting against inequality in Guam and for low-income families benefited everyone.
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Angel Santos's campaign was primarily a grassroots effort and despite doing very well in proving himself articulate and intelligent during debates, he did not make it past the primary elections.
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Angel Santos had gone to the SDA clinic in Tamuning for medical treatment and was intrigued by the doctor who asked to pray with him after discussing his medical condition.
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Angel Santos wanted to learn more about the SDA faith and found himself attracted to what he perceived as the more holistic religious experience of Seventh-day Adventists who not only emphasize prayer, but exercise, eating right, not smoking or drinking and doing all things in moderation.
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In December 2002, then Speaker of the Guam Legislature Antonio Unpingco announced Angel Santos was very ill.
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The Pacific Daily News announced that Angel Santos had died of Parkinson's disease.
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Angel Santos felt a strong connection to those latte and it was at this site that the birth of the group Nasion Chamoru was announced.