Dr. Antonio Valle de Antón (Omaha)

Statement: I believe that NATI could benefit greatly from having on its board a prolific and updated college professor. On a personal level, I would feel, not only personally honored to be elected a member, but also most fortunate to be able to learn professionally from other board members and from the experience of having a role in the present and future of NATI. My sincere thanks for your consideration.

Bio: Born and raised in Salamanca, Spain, Antonio is currently the director of the Spanish Language Program at Midland Lutheran College in Fremont, NE. Dr. Antón holds a Ph.D. in Ibero-Romance Philology and Sociolinguistics from the University of Texas, Austin. For his dissertation work, entitled "Two Romance tenses and the Atlantic in between: a study of 'present perfect' and 'preterit' in present-day Spanish", Dr. Antón worked with some of the most renowned and recognized academicians and translation experts in linguistics across the world. Dr. Antón is a direct disciple of these well-known professors.

As a faculty member, besides Midland Lutheran College, he has imparted Spanish at the beginning/intermediate/advance levels, as well as literature and civilization courses, at the University of Texas, Texas Tech University, and Texas State University. He has also worked with various companies as international correspondent and translator. With some of those companies, he led cross-cultural training seminars catering to Texas businesses in conjunction with the Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Prof. Antón had formerly studied at the University of Salamanca School of Medicine, where he completed a BS in Human Medicine. In his less busy hours, Dr. Antón also freelances as a translator, making use of his strong medical background in much of his work.