Education
Bachelor of Arts in International Studies, University of Alabama, December 1997. Specialization – Latin American Relations, Spanish Minor. Courses including: Anthropology, Economics, French, History, Italian, Latin, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Portuguese, Sciences, and Spanish. Complete transcript available upon request (3.317 GPA) (Initial major: Music).

Skills
Native Fluency in both English and Spanish, including many regional dialects such as those spoken in different parts of Mexico, Central and South America, and Spain. Cultural, business, legal, medical and technical knowledge as well. Windows, Word, Outlook, Excel.

Professional Experience

2008 – Present Fairhope Unitarian Fellowship Children's Religious Education Teacher
2008 – 2009 Marietta Johnson School of Organic Education Elementary - High School Spanish, Social Studies, History & Guitar Teacher

2007 –2008     Randolph School High School Spanish Teacher
2005 – 2006    Phoenix Country Day School 7th Grade Spanish & Latin Teacher
2004 - 2005     Phoenix Country Day School Pre-K – 4th Grade Spanish Teacher
2002 – 2004    DaVinci Academy, Elgin IL Elementary & Middle School Spanish & Latin Teacher
2000 – 2002    The Arlington School, Birmingham, AL Spanish & Latin Teacher, High School

Making a successful transition from teaching languages to adults as a consultant in business settings, to teaching part-time in an individualized setting to high school students with special needs. I also volunteered at Center Street Middle School during this time in order to help disadvantaged Hispanic students.

2000 – 2002    Jefferson County Department of Health, Birmingham, AL Public Health Foreign Language Worker
Assisting patients with referrals and filling out forms while translating and interpreting English/Spanish for a wide array of medical/public health fields such as: Dental, Family Planning, Food Handling, Lead Intervention, Maternity, Medical Records, Pediatrics, TB, and STD.

1999 – 2001    UAB International Medical Service, Birmingham, AL Medical Interpreter
Providing English/Spanish interpreter services for practically every branch of medicine. Certified Medical Interpreter 1999 UAB International Medical Service

1990 – 2002    Consultant / Interpreter / Translator
Clients including customer service firms, hospitals, individual students, lawyers, private enterprises, translation and interpreting firms, the State of Alabama, and the US Federal Government. (See attached list of former clients.) Translated countless manuals, brochures, contracts, and other documents. Performed Simultaneous English/Spanish Interpretation at the Governors of the Gulf Conference in Mobile, AL in 1995. Traveled to Honduras with US Pipe and Foundry Co. in 1998 to assist in reconstruction efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch.

International Experience
1971 – 2008    Ten years in Ecuador, six in Argentina, and twenty in the US. Additional travel to Brazil, Chile, Colombia, France, Honduras, Jamaica, Peru, and Venezuela