Founder of the Blenedai nursery school in the Camp de la Bota shanty town. In the 1980s, Maria Àngels Rosell Simplicio was councillor for social services at Sant Adrià del Besòs Town Council, where she was the driving force behind the founding of the Casal de la Dona, one of the first women’s centres in Catalonia. After leaving the council, she became involved in improving the social reality of the La Mina neighbourhood, where she founded the La Mina Women’s Association “Adrianes”, with the aim of working to transform the neighbourhood with the participation of local women. She also actively collaborated on other community initiatives. In recognition of her work in the community, in 2010 she received the President Macià Medal from the Generalitat de Catalunya.
She was the founder of the Women's Association of La Mina and the councillor for Social Services in the Sant Adrià de Besòs City Hall, where she promoted the Casal de la Dona. She fought to create the Belendai nursery school.