About me
Àngels Natal-Asensio is a Spanish instructor and World Languages Department Chair at Oakton High School. Previously she taught English and German in her native Barcelona, where she started integrating Project Zero thinking routines along with art in the teaching of world languages. She holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in English linguistics and a Master’s degree in Instructional Technology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Àngels was a faculty member of the Virginia Governor’s Foreign Language Academy, where she taught Spanish and Catalan language and culture. She has been a presenter at world languages conferences, and at the Spanish Embassy’s workshops for teachers. Angels was a 2022 HP Teaching Fellow, and a 2023 Longview Fellow. She is currently a mentor for educators participating in the Smithsonian Democracy in Dialogue Virtual Exchange Program. She is a founding member of DCPZ en Español. She has been part of the WISIT faculty since 2020, where she will co-lead a learning group and co-facilitate an interactive course.
