Asma Fazal (She/Her)

Hello Athena Families!

My name is Asma Fazal (pronounced Us Ma). I am so excited and honored to be part of this amazing community! This is the start of my third year at Athena. I absolutely love working at Athena. It's my second home. My home away from home.

I am lucky to have started my journey at Athena as a guide in Primary 4 with Ms. Lynda and Lisa. Then to have been part of one of the most amazing duos at Athena, Tiffany and Drew in P3. I am eternally grateful and blessed to have them in my life, always. I wish them all the LOVE and HAPPINESS in the world. I will miss them with all my HEART.

My journey at Athena continues as I get to work with one of the sweetest and coolest people in this world, Ryann, my sister. I am so excited to work with and be mentored by her. She’s the absolute BEST!

A little about me, I was born and raised in Birmingham, England (just like in the Netflix show, Peaky Blinders). I am half Syrian and half Afghani. My family moved to Chicago, Illinois when I was 10 years old. I am the eldest of four, with a sister and two brothers. I moved to Austin a few years ago. I am currently working on my Bachelors/Masters in Speech Language Pathology at Texas State University.

I am a Muslimah (a Muslim woman) and I am also a Muhajibah (a Muslim woman who wears a Hijab, the scarf on my head) as part of my religion, Islam. In Islam, Muslim women are considered precious treasures and what do we do when we have a treasure, or in this case are a treasure? We cover it and protect it. That’s what my Hijab does for me, it protects me. The Hijab and Niqab (veil), which I wear outside of work, is only worn in front of men that are not your family and not in front of women or children. If you have any questions or are just curious please don’t hesitate to ask me.

In my free time, I love to read books and manga, watch anime, listen to music, workout, bake, and binge all my favorite shows.

I look forward to another amazing year full of lots of love, hugs, kindness, caring, learning and growing with the kiddos.

With lots of love,

Asma