Skills & Services

• Translate Spanish texts and website content into English
• Specializing in legal translations
• Edit and proofread translated text into English and texts composed in English
• Website translation and localization (HTML, JavaScript, graphics, encoding)
• Windows XP: Microsoft Office, Dreamweaver, SDLX, TRADOS, TagEditor, Wordfast
• Mac OS X: Microsoft Office, Dreamweaver, Photoshop CS

Translation Experience

Freelance translator
January 2002 to present

Specializations
Legal: general, immigration, human rights
Non-Governmental Organizations: women’s issues, environment, health

Member of the American Translators Association
Member of the New York Circle of Translators (Interim Secretary)
NYU Certificate in Spanish to English Translation

Related Legal Experience

Trainer - Family Law Program
July 2002 to October 2004
Legal Information for Families Today, NY
Trained staff and volunteers on family law in NYC, oriented litigants to family court system in Spanish and English

Legal Assistant
August 1999 to September 2000
Center for Reproductive Rights, NY
Provided administrative support to three attorneys for civil litigation section

Victim/Witness Advocate
June 1997 to September 1998
Middlesex County District Attorney's Office, Cambridge, MA
(Lowell District Court, Malden District Court)
Oriented and assisted domestic violence victims and witnesses to navigate criminal court proceedings, acted as a liaison between assistant district attorneys and victims/witnesses, assisted victims in obtaining protection orders

Related Web Experience

Web Project Manager
July 2007 to present
Inter-American Parliamentary Group, NY

Web Manager
2005 to present
Women’s Link Worldwide, NY

Web Manager/Communications Assistant
September 2000 to July 2002
Center for Reproductive Rights, NY

Education

Certificate in Translation Studies, New York University, 2007
Related Coursework
• Legal Translation I & II
• Technical Translation
• Computer Assisted Translation
• Website Translation and Localization

B.A., Women’s Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1997
Institute for Central American Development Studies, Costa Rica, Spring 1996
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores, Monterrey, Mexico, Fall 1995

Publications

Eleven Things to Do Before the ATA Conference, November 2008
NYCT May Meeting: Working at the United Nations, June 2008
A Recent Graduate's Perspective on NYU's Certificate in Translation Program, November 2007