EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS

2012                      Certified Healthcare Interpreter™

                               Certified Commission for Healthcare Interpreters

2011-2012           Associates Degree Candidate, E-Business,

                               Milwaukee Area Technical College

2002-2005       Master’s Degree, Foreign Language & Literature / Translation,

                               University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

2003-2003       Legal Interpreter Certificate,

                               Bilingual Communications and Consulting

2002-2002       Medical Interpreter Certificate,

                               Bilingual Communications and Consulting

1993-1998           Bachelor’s Degree Spanish / Education K-12,

                               University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

1991-1993            Certificate Community Urban Teacher Education Program,

                               Milwaukee Area Technical College

                               EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2013-Present       Instructor, University of California San Diego Extension

2012-Present       Interpreter/Translator, San Diego Unified School District

2004-Present     Freelance Translator

2004-Present    Various conference interpreting experiences

2003-2014         Interpreter, Dispatcher and Translator, Columbia St Mary’s

2011-2012           Consultant Curriculum Development, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

2005-2010        Spanish Teacher, Milwaukee Public Schools

2005                    Acting Supervisor of Linguistic Services, Wheaton Franciscan Hospital System

2005                    Interpreter and Translator, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin

2004                    Assistant Instructor Computer Aided Translation Tools, UWM

2002-2007       Interpreter and Translator, Wheaton Franciscan Hospital System

2002-2005       Interpreter and Translator, Bilingual Communications and Consulting

2002-2005       Interpreting Instructor, Bilingual Communications and Consulting

1998-2000       Spanish Teacher, Milwaukee Public Schools