North Harris Student Poet Laureate

Natalie (Natti) Angel has been chosen as the 2011-2012 Lone Star College-North Harris Student Poet Laureate.  Natti came to the North Harris campus in the fall of 2010 several years after completing high school.  Natti has been writing poetry since fifth grade. When she was a teen, she went through a difficult emotional time and found that writing poetry helped her to deal with those emotions in a positive way.  Poetry made her feel serene and calm and helped her have a better outlook on life.  Her ten year old son has been a great motivation for her and an inspiration for much of her poetry.  She wants him to know that “there are no closed doors; there are always doors to open.”  She wants to encourage him not to let difficulties stop him from accomplishing the things he desires.

Natti has a passion for anything artistic.  She loves photography, painting, sculpture, and crocheting; and she continues to sculpt, paint and crochet.  As a hairdresser for 13 years, Natti especially enjoys the color aspect of her work – anything that imparts or enriches hair color.

After her years at Lone Star College-North Harris, Natti intends to transfer to a four year university and eventually get her Master’s degree in seismology.  She used to live in Oregon where there were occasional earthquakes that were “both terrifying and exciting.”  Studying and working in seismology would give her the opportunity to learn more about earthquakes.

Natti and her son do a lot of volunteer work: food drives, Toys for Tots, and doing “Cut-a-thons.”  Natti started doing “Cut-a-thons” in Oregon where she would provide a haircut for a donation for children’s toys at Christmas.  She has continued this idea here in Texas.

Natti is very excited about being the 2011-2012 Lone Star College-North Harris Student Poet Laureate and is looking forward to sharing more of her poetry with others during this year.