Podcasts about medical interpreting

In this episode I caught up with Mireya Perez, host of the Brand the Interpreter podcast and our podcast ad swap partner until year end.  Mireya Pérez began her career as a certified medical interpreter and has since gained over a decade of experience breaking down language barriers in healthcare and education. After honing her skills as a medical interpreter in both a general and children's hospital, Mireya spent nearly a decade as a staff interpreter in a K-12 public education school district, where she championed the vital role of trained interpreters in education. Today, Mireya is the proud creator and host of the Brand the Interpreter podcast, where she shares the stories and perspectives of language professionals from around the world. With a Master's degree in Communications and a passion for topics like creativity, personal branding, and strategic communication management within the interpreting industry, Mireya is committed to continue elevating the voices and stories of language professionals worldwide.Here's a roundup of what we discussed:Mireya's career starting out as a medical interpreter in hospitalsHer move sideways into specialist education interpretingMireya's rationale for transitioning her career into full time podcastingThe importance of staying on your toes in regard to context and terminologyInterpreter training for universities and companiesHow personal branding supports T&I prosThe impact of AI on community interpretingHow storytelling can help us connect to our audiencesPlease enjoy!https://www.buzzsprout.com/2025705/episodes/13462281Buy our e-book: How to Find More Direct Clients Thrive as a Premium Freelance Translator in Your Niche and Futureproof Your Career

A Colombian native, Carolina Romero Ramirez is a passionate linguist on a mission to provide language access. In her roles as both Spanish teacher and community interpreter, she has interacted with diverse communities on the east and west coasts of the USA. She is a firm believer in continuing education and professional development and recently received her second master's degree with a focus on translation and interpretation.Today she's here to share her story and the steps she took in order to get her employer to adapt to new technologies in support of the multilingual families they service. Only on the podcast that shares your stories about our profession. Brand the Interpreter!---------------------------------------Connect with CarolinaLinkedIn Thanks for tuning in, till next time!

Joey Cofone is the Founder & CEO of Baronfig, an award-winning designer and entrepreneur, and author of #1 bestselling The Laws of Creativity. Joey strives to make work that appeals to curious minds—work that's beautiful, smart, and communicative. He believes that design is the least of a designer's worries, that story is at the heart of all tasks, and jumping off cliffs is the only way to grow.In this episode Joey and I talk about:• What's killing creativity• The practice of ideas• Connecting ideas to create•  Self-imposed limitations• Fear is normal• The illusion of success• And more!Tune in!Only on the Podcast that shares your stories about our profession: Brand the Interpreter!Find out more about Joey:Website: https://www.joeycofone.com/Book: The Laws of CreativityLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeycofone/ Thanks for tuning in, till next time!

Marcus chats with Rick Evans, MA., one of the foremost thought leaders in the realms of patient experience. Listen in to hear Rick share his early aspirations and why his work took a drastically different direction…or did it? The two discuss the importance of feeling heard as an essential component of caregiving and how we can help those who are suffering to feel held. The two discuss the future of patient experience in healthcare and how to be at the forefront of care delivery.  Key topics:00:00 – Introduction01:03 – Rick Evans, MA talks a little about himself and how he got into healthcare and the patient experience. Rick talks about the HCAPS and the importance 09:19 – Marcus asks Rick if there are any stories of compassion that he would like to share. Rick shares a story about the pandemic and the death of a doctor on staff.  16:35 – Rick is asked about what healthcare is doing to support staff.20:35 – The two talk about one of Rick's articles about “long COVID” and the effect on patients and hospitals.27:35 – Marcus asks Rick what he would do with a magic wand to fix healthcare. 31:25 – The conversation shifts into the rapid-fire question phase. Rick would like everyone, “Let's find each other, and take care of one another.”35:05 – Thank you and conclusions!  Resources for you: Connect with Marcus on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcusengel/Connect with Rick Evans on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-evans-b57610224/Read one of Rick's articles here: https://bit.ly/brecker-evans-articleSubscribe to the podcast through Apple: https://bit.ly/MarcusEngelPodcastSubscribe to the podcast through Spotify: https://bit.ly/Spotify-MarcusEngelPodcast More About Rick Evans:Rick Evans is the Senior Vice President and Chief Experience Officer for NewYork-Presbyterian.  In this role, he oversees NYP's ongoing strategy to improve and enhance the patient and family experience across NYP's continuum of care and its eleven facilities in and around New York City.  Rick also leads enterprise-wide efforts to improve access and the customer experience across NYP's extensive network of primary care and specialty practice sites.  He is also responsible for an array of hospital teams including Patient Services, Pastoral Care, Volunteers, Medical Interpreting, Physician Referral, Contact Centers, Patient Placement teams and the NYP Transfer Center.      Over his 20 years in healthcare, Rick has had responsibility for patient experience and has a proven track record of year over year improvement in these metrics.  Over his career he has also had responsibility for a wide range of hospital operations including overseeing nursing units, community health centers and programs, fund development functions, food service, housekeeping, laundry and others.  Rick brings this knowledge of operations to his work in patient experience.Rick holds a Masters Degree in Theology from Christ the King Seminary in East Aurora, NY and a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy from Wadhams Hall Seminary College in Ogdensburg, NY.  Date: 12/12/2022Name of show: Compassion & Courage: Conversations in HealthcareEpisode title and number: Episode 80 - Rick Evans - Discovering What We Have In Common

Overview: Interpreters and translators work in demanding and specialised settings that require solid linguistic skills.  As part of their research project RMIT University has designed a course that will assist interpreters and translators enhance the pronunciation of difficult English sounds and foster a correct grammatical and idiomatic use of English. The course is supported by the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing of the Victorian Government. In this episode, Fatih chats with Dr Erika Gonzalez about the project and the course. Guest Bio: Erika Gonzalez completed a BA in Translation and Interpreting and an MA in Specialised Translation at Universidad de Valladolid (Spain). She also holds a certificate in Medical Interpreting from the University of Massachusetts. She started her career as a conference interpreter in Europe, and then combined it with legal interpreting at community level. To deepen her knowledge and understanding of this field, she completed an MA by research on community interpreting at Universidad del País Vasco. In 2006, she was awarded an Endeavour Europe Award by the Department of Education, Science and Training, and came to Australia to do her PhD under Professor Sandra Hale's supervision. She graduated with a PhD in professionalism and community interpreting in 2013.

Join today's conversation with Esther Bonin, an international language industry expert with over 20 years of experience.Esther holds a degree in Translation & Interpreting Skills from Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain) and an MA in International Relations from Durham University (Durham, England). She has worked on both sides of the Atlantic as a certified translator & interpreter, university professor, and language access consultant. Experienced in leading multicultural and diverse teams, she led a team of over 75 interpreters and translators for a large Massachusetts hospital system. Currently, she directs Interpretation Programs for Piedmont Global Language Solutions (PGLS), headquartered in Arlington, VA. where she is responsible for all commercial and government interpreting programs. She is passionate about elevating the quality of the interpreting profession and has won an Innovation Award for her work around team building in healthcare.Tune in!Only on the podcast that brings you your stories about our profession. Brand the Interpreter!--------------------------------------------Connect with Mireya Pérez, Hostwww.brandtheinterpreter.comFacebookTwitterLinkedInInstagram-----------------------------------------------Connect with Esther BoninLinkedIn----------------------------------------------SPONSOR INFORMATIONThank you to Liberty Language Services for sponsoring this episode!To learn more about Liberty Language Services, please visit: https://www.libertylanguageservices.com/To learn more about the Academy of Interpretation, go to: https://www.academyofinterpretation.com/ For a limited time only, you can get $10% off all courses when you sign up using the Brand the Interpreter's discount code, AOI10BTI. Visit the Academy of Interpretation on social media:LinkedInFacebookInstagramTwitter

Join today's conversation with Nanyi Mateo, a Spanish Medical Interpreter from the Dominican Republic, certified by NBCMI, CCHI, and is currently in the process of obtaining her DPSI medical certification in the UK.  Nanyi talks about how since 2018, she's been working as a VRI/OPI medical and educational interpreter.  She explains how she has created over 400 symbols for her interpretation algorithm which she has published in her online symbols glossary. In 2020, she created an online learning community called InterpreMed to make high-quality study materials available to professional and aspiring medical interpreters across the globe.Tune in to hear her story, here on the podcast that brings you your stories about our profession. Brand the Interpreter!Join the conversation!--------------------------------------------Connect with Mireya Pérez, Hostwww.brandtheinterpreter.comFacebookTwitterLinkedIn Instagram-----------------------------------------------Connect with Nanyi Mateohttps://nanyimateo.com/Instagram Twitter LinkedInFacebook: Nanyi Lidia Mateo Luciano----------------------------------------------SPONSOR INFORMATIONThank you to Liberty Language Services for sponsoring this episode!To learn more about Liberty Language Services, please visit: https://www.libertylanguageservices.com/To learn more about the Academy of Interpretation, go to: https://www.academyofinterpretation.com/ For a limited time only, you can get $10% off all courses when you sign up using the Brand the Interpreter's discount code, AOI10BTI. Visit the Academy of Interpretation on social media:LinkedInFacebookInstagramTwitter

Yuliya Speroff  is a Russian-English CoreCHI™- and WA DSHS-certified medical and social services interpreter. In her current role of a supervisor at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, Yuliya supports the work of a team of staff medical interpreters and manages translation projects. Yuliya was named 2021 Interpreter of The Year by the California Healthcare Interpreting Association.Yuliya is certified as both an English and a Russian language instructor with more than 10 years of teaching experience. Yuliya's passion for teaching is realized through the work she does for a non-profit organization Americans Against Language Barriers, where she is engaged in curriculum development and training medical interpreters, as well as providing continuing education workshops for medical interpreters. Yuliya is the author of the Medical Interpreter Blog, which focuses on providing medical interpreters with resources and information for professional development.Tune in to hear her story on the podcast that brings you your stories about our profession. Brand the Interpreter!Join the conversation!Only on the podcast that brings you your stories about our profession. Brand the Interpreter!--------------------------------------------Connect with Mireya Pérez, Hostwww.brandtheinterpreter.comFacebookTwitterLinkedInInstagram-----------------------------------------------Connect with YuliyaLinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/yuliyasperoffBlog - Goodbye, Turkey! | Our life abroad (wordpress.com) Blog - www.medicalinterpreterblog.com ----------------------------------------------SPONSOR INFORMATIONThank you to Liberty Language Services for sponsoring this episode!To learn more about Liberty Language Services, please visit: https://www.libertylanguageservices.com/To learn more about the Academy of Interpretation, go to: https://www.academyofinterpretation.com/ For a limited time only, you can get $10% off all courses when you sign up using the Brand the Interpreter's discount code, AOI10BTI. Visit the Academy of Interpretation on social media:LinkedInFacebookInstagramTwitter

Today's episode of Brand the Interpreter brings us Lourdes L Cerna, a Medical Spanish interpreter, Translator and Trainer with over 35 years of healthcare interpreting experience that includes interpreting in private and county hospitals and clinics, over-the-phone and VRI, interpreting in workers compensation cases, school districts, conference interpreting for several entities and organizations. Ms. Cerna has taught a medical interpreting curriculum at several colleges and currently teaches a 40-hour healthcare interpreting training curriculum. She also developed an award winning curriculum for Indigenous Interpreters for an organization in Ventura County that serves the Mixteco community. She has received the Distinction of Education award from the International Medical Interpreters Association and the Trainer of the Year award from CHIA and has served on CHIA's Board of Directors.  Ms. Cerna is a native of Guatemala. Tune in to hear her story on the podcast that brings you your stories about our profession. Brand the Interpreter!Join the conversation!Only on the podcast that brings you your stories about our profession. Brand the Interpreter!--------------------------------------------Connect with Mireya Pérez, Hostwww.brandtheinterpreter.comFacebookTwitterLinkedInInstagram-----------------------------------------------Connect with Lourdes CernaLinkedIn----------------------------------------------SPONSOR INFORMATIONThank you to Liberty Language Services for sponsoring this episode!To learn more about Liberty Language Services, please visit: https://www.libertylanguageservices.com/To learn more about the Academy of Interpretation, go to: https://www.academyofinterpretation.com/ For a limited time only, you can get $10% off all courses when you sign up using the Brand the Interpreter's discount code, AOI10BTI. Visit the Academy of Interpretation on social media:LinkedInFacebookInstagramTwitter

This episode of Brand the Interpreter welcomes Ludmila Golovine, a professional translator, interpreter, and business leader, who made a lifetime commitment to quality, innovation, and connecting people across language and culture; little did she know this would become a reality thanks to a business school project. She is an advocate of social justice and is a nationally and internationally recognized speaker.  Her work has been recognized by numerous awards and you'll be able to hear her story on today's brand new episode!Join the conversation! Only on the podcast that brings you your stories about our profession. Brand the Interpreter!--------------------------------------------Connect with Mireya Pérez, Hostwww.brandtheinterpreter.comFacebookTwitterLinkedInInstagram-----------------------------------------------Connect with Ludmila GolovineLinkedInTwitterMasterWord----------------------------------------------SPONSOR INFORMATIONThank you to Liberty Language Services for sponsoring this episode!To learn more about Liberty Language Services, please visit: https://www.libertylanguageservices.com/To learn more about the Academy of Interpretation, go to: https://www.academyofinterpretation.com/ For a limited time only, you can get $10% off all courses when you sign up using the Brand the Interpreter's discount code, AOI10BTI. Visit the Academy of Interpretation on social media:LinkedInFacebookInstagramTwitter

On today's episode of the Brand the Interpreter Podcast, we welcome Matteo Talotta.  Matteo Talotta is an Italian-Canadian who grew up just north of Toronto, Canada and from a young age had an interest in different cultures, countries and people. He received a BA in Political Science and Italian studies from the University of Toronto in 2017. He studied abroad in Florence, Italy in the fall of 2015, an experience that changed the course of his academic career and post-academic career aspirations. Throughout his undergraduate studies, Matteo worked for various cultural and language-related organizations, honing his intercultural competencies and client service skills. He moved to the United States immediately after to pursue an MA in Italian Language and Literature at the University of Pittsburgh, where he also worked as a course instructor and graduated in 2019. He shifted into the international education sphere and moved to Barcelona, Spain where he first worked for an international internship provider, before stepping into University Recruitment with Gartner, where he currently works. In addition to his professional pursuits, Matteo enjoys learning new languages, making new connections, being outside as much as possible, and writing.  He's the author of the article entitled, Learning to speak a new language? Just Use It!  Featured on the January 2022 Issue of Multilingual Magazine. He joins us today to share about xenoglossophobia (foreign language anxiety), language learning tips, and much more. Only on the podcast that brings you your stories about our profession. Brand the Interpreter!--------------------------------------------Connect with Mireya Pérez, Hostwww.brandtheinterpreter.comFacebookTwitterLinkedInInstagram---------------------------------------------Connect with Matteo TalottaLinkedIn----------------------------------------------SPONSOR INFORMATIONThank you to Liberty Language Services for sponsoring this episode!To learn more about Liberty Language Services, please visit: https://www.libertylanguageservices.com/To learn more about the Academy of Interpretation, go to: https://www.academyofinterpretation.com/ For a limited time only, you can get $10% off all courses when you sign up using the Brand the Interpreter's discount code, AOI10BTI. Visit the Academy of Interpretation on social media:LinkedInFacebookInstagramTwitter

On today's episode of Brand the Interpreter I had the privilege of joining Miriam Andrade (@miriam.interprets) on her Instagram Live to answer some of her questions regarding the Brand the Interpreter Podcast. Today, your Host becomes the Guest and takes a back seat from directing the show. Join today's fun conversation on the podcast that brings you your stories about our profession. Tune in!---------------------------------------------Connect with Mireya Pérez, Hostwww.brandtheinterpreter.comFacebookTwitterLinkedInInstagram----------------------------------------------SPONSOR INFORMATIONThank you to Liberty Language Services for sponsoring this episode!To learn more about Liberty Language Services, please visit: https://www.libertylanguageservices.com/To learn more about the Academy of Interpretation, go to: https://www.academyofinterpretation.com/ For a limited time only, you can get $10% off all courses when you sign up using the Brand the Interpreter's discount code, AOI10BTI. Visit the Academy of Interpretation on social media:LinkedInFacebookInstagramTwitter

Silvia Villacampa is managing director for Liberty Language Services, a language services and interpreter training company. Previously, she was a freelance medical interpreter in the Washington, D.C. metro area. Ms. Villacampa has over 30 years of experience using her bilingual English/Spanish skills at federal health information centers as well as with local, state, national and global health programs. She has a bachelor's degree in International Affairs from the University of Mary Washington and achieved national certification as a Certified Medical Interpreter in 2013. Ms. Villacampa serves as editor of The Beat, an interpreter professional development e-newsletter. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she has experienced firsthand the turbulence to language access services, local communities, and to the work of medical interpreters. She has had to navigate with her agency the new realities for on-site medical interpreting from PPE to COVID vaccines.Tune in to find out more about Silvia's story, on the podcast that brings you your stories about our profession. Brand the Interpreter!----------------------------------------------Connect with Mireya Pérez, Hostwww.brandtheinterpreter.comFacebookTwitterLinkedInInstagram----------------------------------------------Connect with Silvia Villacampa LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/silviavillacampa/----------------------------------------------SPONSOR INFORMATIONThank you to Liberty Language Services for sponsoring this episode!To learn more about Liberty Language Services, please visit: https://www.libertylanguageservices.com/To learn more about the Academy of Interpretation, go to: https://www.academyofinterpretation.com/ For a limited time only, you can get $10% off all courses when you sign up using the Brand the Interpreter's discount code, AOI10BTI. Visit the Academy of Interpretation on social media:LinkedInFacebookInstagramTwitter

Marisa Rueda Will started her career as a medical interpreter in 2006 after graduating Magna Cum Laude from Luther College with a degree in Spanish. She has been a full-time healthcare interpreter at a major medical institution for the last 15 years. She became national certified through CCHI in 2012. She became a Licensed Interpreter Trainer through Cross Cultural Communications in 2017. Marisa provides 40-hour training for in-house staff and converted in-person trainings to online formats during the pandemic. She took an advanced course in translation through Guacha Translations in 2020 and in 2021, she started her own company called Tica Interpreter Training and Translations.Marisa joins the Brand the Interpreter Community to share her story and love for the profession. Tune in and enjoy this conversation. On the podcast that brings you your stories about our profession. Brand the Interpreter.  ----------------------------------------------Connect with Mireya Pérez, Hostwww.brandtheinterpreter.comFacebookTwitterLinkedInInstagram----------------------------------------------Connect with Marisa Rueda WillTica Interpreter Training and Translations Website - ticatrainingandtranslations.com Tica Interpreter Training and Translations YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaTNjDzOvAwpLFVqZS7g4tQ Tica Interpreter Training and Translations LinkedIn Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/82238984/admin/ ----------------------------------------------SPONSOR INFORMATIONThank you to Liberty Language Services for sponsoring this episode!To learn more about Liberty Language Services, please visit: https://www.libertylanguageservices.com/To learn more about the Academy of Interpretation, go to: https://www.academyofinterpretation.com/ For a limited time only, you can get $10% off all courses when you sign up using the Brand the Interpreter's discount code, AOI10BTI. Visit the Academy of Interpretation on social media:LinkedInFacebookInstagramTwitter

Did you have a chance to listen to Season 2, Episode 33? It was called “The Language of Emoji,” and I got to interview Holly Silvestri, an experienced translator, interpreter, and founding member of the American Association of Interpreters and Translators in Education. Holly talked about her research paper on the subject, which was titled “Recommendations Concerning Digital Communication Using Emoji in Legal and Medical Interpreting.” Well, the research paper has been published by NAJIT, the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators. As promised after my interview with Holly, I'd let Translation Confessional listeners know when the paper would be available to readers, so check this episode's description for a link to read this fascinating paper on the role of emoji in contemporary interactions and some observations on how we, language professionals, should address emoji when facilitating communication. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* READ THE STUDY HERE: https://bit.ly/3BiR2Fk *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Listen to "The Language of Emoji https://buff.ly/3LBomvU Listen to "The Language of Emoji https://youtu.be/RKL59u9EN1o --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/translation-confessional/message

Dr. Sergio Chavez was born in Tijuana BC Mexico and raised in San Diego, CA. He graduated from UC San Diego with a BA in Biology and holds e has a Masters in Educational Leadership as well as a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Cal Poly Pomona. He has been in education for over 30 years. Dr. Chavez currently holds the position of Director of EL/Bilingual Programs.He joins us today to talk about the topic of assimilation vs. acculturation on the podcast that brings you your stories about our profession. Brand the Interpreter!----------------------------------------------Connect with Dr. Sergio Chavezscchavez@cpp.eduschav22@yahoo.comBook Mention: Pedagogy of the OppressedDiscussion Panel: Equity through language access----------------------------------------------Connect with Mireya Pérez, Hostwww.brandtheinterpreter.comFacebookTwitterLinkedInInstagram---------------------------------SPONSOR INFORMATIONThank you to Liberty Language Services for sponsoring this episode!To learn more about Liberty Language Services, please visit: https://www.libertylanguageservices.com/To learn more about the Academy of Interpretation, go to: https://www.academyofinterpretation.com/ For a limited time only, you can get $10% off all courses when you sign up using the Brand the Interpreter's discount code, AOI10BTI. Visit the Academy of Interpretation on social media:LinkedInFacebookInstagramTwitter

Ryohei Onishi has been an interpreter for 10 years, during which he has worked in various companies and industries. He gave a TEDx talk at TEDxKobe 2019 on the topic of de-verbalization; the process of understanding the meaning and intention hidden behind the words.  He started his career as an interpreter on a cruise ship and years later interpreted for Audrey Tang, Taiwan's Digital Minister.  He is currently a grad school student, a house-husband, and an interpreter. Join the conversation!--------------------------------------------------Connect with Ryohei OnishiTEDxKobe talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paoKicDcFAIYouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDo2cxp8qke7K2s2x3p619ALinkedIn-----------------------------------------------------------------------Connect with Mireya Pérez, Hostwww.brandtheinterpreter.comFacebookTwitterLinkedInInstagram---------------------------------SPONSOR INFORMATIONThank you to Liberty Language Services for sponsoring this episode!To learn more about Liberty Language Services, please visit: https://www.libertylanguageservices.com/To learn more about The Professional Medical Interpreter course, go to: https://bit.ly/pmi-course-btiFor a limited time only, you can get $50 off the full price of The Professional Medical Interpreter: A Comprehensive 40-Hour Medical Interpreting Course. Use the following coupon code at checkout: BTI50

Jinny Bromberg, President and Founder of Bromberg and Associates and Linguist Education Online,  started her career in the language industry early on in life and has always been passionate about different languages, cultures, and communication access. She began Bromberg from her basement in 1999 and developed the business as a single mom – holding her baby daughter with one arm while talking on the phone with the other. Jinny has traveled to many countries and says that the world is too beautiful to pick only one favorite place. She can get by in Georgian and Ukrainian, and would like to learn ASL, because “it's very expressive”. Jinny is the first state-certified Russian interpreter in Michigan, USA. She creates and implements training courses and workshops for developing and enhancing the skills of interpreters and translators. She is passionate about language access and improving language learning policies and attitudes.--------------------------------------Connect with Jinny BrombergLinkedInBromberg & AssociatesLinguist Education OnlineALC-----------------------------------------------------------------------Connect with Mireya Pérez, Hostwww.brandtheinterpreter.comFacebookTwitterLinkedInInstagram---------------------------------SPONSOR INFORMATIONThank you to Liberty Language Services for sponsoring this episode!To learn more about Liberty Language Services, please visit: https://www.libertylanguageservices.com/To learn more about The Professional Medical Interpreter course, go to: https://bit.ly/pmi-course-btiFor a limited time only, you can get $50 off the full price of The Professional Medical Interpreter: A Comprehensive 40-Hour Medical Interpreting Course. Use the following coupon code at checkout: BTI50

Born of Mexican immigrant parents, Janet Valdez grew up in the Los Angeles County area. She earned her certificate in recording engineering, as well as degrees in music business and business administration. While in school, she attended various service trips to Mexico, where she acted as an interpreter while providing humanitarian aid to her team. Loving international service, she later became an assistant country director with Global Expeditions on various humanitarian trips to Panama and Mexico, where she unknowingly developed her consecutive and relay interpretation skills. After a decade of working at the Disneyland Resort as a multi-language sales specialist, trainer, and bilingual Traditions facilitator, she studied Spanish legal interpreting at the Southern California School of Interpretation with Nestor Wagner.   As part of her interpretation studies,  she completed internships with Teen Court, LACBA Domestic Violence Project, and Harriet Buhai Center for Family Law. She later completed the University of Arizona's National Center for Interpretation Court Interpreters Training Institute. She is currently a traveling senior interpreter, serving different courthouses across the United States to interpret for the Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review (DOJ EOIR) and facilitating first-time interpreter orientations. She is a nine-time President of the United States Service Award recipient for her countless volunteer hours and the Harriet Buhai's 2020 Community Volunteer award recipient. She currently volunteers for the Los Angeles Dream Center as well as for Catchafire.When not interpreting or volunteering, Janet is the camera director at Angelus Temple and a video producer for the Spanglish Television Sports Network. She is also part of the “Ficción en Español” book club at the Last Bookstore in Los Angeles. Most recently, she was a speaker at the Lingua-Culture conference, where she shared the stage with other interpreters and translators speaking about her beloved profession.Connect with Janet ValdezLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janetvaldez/Blog: https://interpreterlyfe.com/-----------------------------------------------------------------------Connect with Mireya Pérez, Hostwww.brandtheinterpreter.comFacebookTwitterLinkedInInstagram---------------------------------SPONSOR INFORMATIONThank you to Liberty Language Services for sponsoring this episode!To learn more about Liberty Language Services, please visit: https://www.libertylanguageservices.com/To learn more about The Professional Medical Interpreter course, go to: https://bit.ly/pmi-course-btiFor a limited time only, you can get $50 off the full price of The Professional Medical Interpreter: A Comprehensive 40-Hour Medical Interpreting Course. Use the following coupon code at checkout: BTI50

So often medical interpreters make the job look easy, and yet it's anything but. There's the constant challenge of new terminology, the administrative procedures of different healthcare settings, and the stress of life and death situations—not to mention actually interpreting the patient-provider encounter itself. Join guest host Anne Connor in Episode 68 of The ATA Podcast to learn more about the skills, training, ethical standards, and commitment to lifelong learning needed to work in this very personally rewarding field. During the interview, Medical Interpreting Supervisor Yuliya Speroff also explains the specialty's ongoing quest for professional recognition within the healthcare community and what individual medical interpreters can do to support the effort. This episode includes two great resources you won't want to miss.

Matthew Perret joins us today all the way from Berlin, Germany to share his journey as he navigated the world of languages, schooling, alter egos, failure and so much more. Join this great conversation to hear more about Matthew Perret's story.  Matthew Perret was born and raised in the Thames Valley (near London, UK). He holds a BA in Modern Languages (French and Spanish) from the Queen's College, University of Oxford, he worked for 6 years as staff interpreter at SCIC, then freelanced (mainly for EU institutions). His languages are A: English B: Spanish C: French, Italian, Portuguese  And is an Interpreter-Trainer (specializing in English “B”): with various European universities, & Shanghai International Studies University since 2016.  He's an English “retour” trainer for UN, EU, African Union,&  AIIC Training.  And a Project leader of SCIC-funded “Online Resources for Conference Interpreter Training” (ORCIT), as well as a Writer-performer of theatre and comedy & trainer in public speaking. Only on the Brand the Interpreter Podcast where I share your stories about our profession!Episode NotesMatthew Perret - LinkedInA Word in Your Ear - The InterpretersLourdes De Rioja - Chuchotage/Whispering Connect with me!www.brandtheinterpreter.comFacebookTwitterLinkedInInstagram---------------------------------------------------SPONSOR INFORMATIONThank you to Liberty Language Services for sponsoring this episode.To learn more about Liberty Language Services, please visit: https://www.libertylanguageservices.com/To learn more about The Professional Medical Interpreter course, go to: https://bit.ly/pmi-course-btiFor a limited time only, you can get $50 off the full price of The Professional Medical Interpreter: A Comprehensive 40-Hour Medical Interpreting Course. Use the following coupon code at checkout: BTI50

In this week's episode, Fatih chats with AUSIT National President Dr Erika Gonzalez about this year's national conference held in Perth in November. The forum will also be made available live online, making it the first hybrid AUSIT National Conference.The AUSIT National Conference is an annual forum for translators, interpreters, and those involved in the language services sector to explore innovations in practice, technology, and language itself.Guest Bio:Erika Gonzalez completed a BA in Translation and Interpreting and an MA in Specialised Translation at Universidad de Valladolid (Spain). She also holds a certificate in Medical Interpreting from the University of Massachusetts. She started her career as a conference interpreter in Europe, and then combined it with legal interpreting at community level. To deepen her knowledge and understanding of this field, she completed an MA by research on community interpreting at Universidad del País Vasco. In 2006, she was awarded an Endeavour Europe Award by the Department of Education, Science and Training, and came to Australia to do her PhD under Professor Sandra Hale's supervision. She graduated with a PhD in professionalism and community interpreting in 2013. She was the AUSIT National PD co-ordinator for two years, and is now a senior lecturer in Translation and Interpreting at RMIT. She continues to work as a freelance translator and conference interpreter. She joined the National Council, inspired by her colleagues and the work they do to improve the situation of the profession in Australia.https://ausit.org/https://office.ausit.org/event-4412680Your interest and support is greatly appreciated and we hope you will join us for our events throughout 2021 and onwards.Don't forget to visit our training website for more information and PD opportunities:https://www.conversations-interpretingandtranslating.com.au/w/au/

Dr. Regina Galasso joins us on this episode of the Brand the Interpreter Podcast from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.  Dr. Galasso  holds a B.A. from Rutgers University, a M.A. from Middlebury College, and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. She is associate professor in the Spanish and Portuguese Studies Program, and is the director of the Translation Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.  Today she joins us to share her story and the amazing work she and her team at the Translation Center are doing to provide access to language. Tune in and join the conversation!Only on the Brand the Interpreter Podcast where I share your stories about our profession!EPISODE NOTES:Translation Center - UMass AmherstConnect with me!www.brandtheinterpreter.comFacebookTwitterLinkedInInstagram---------------------------------------------------SPONSOR INFORMATIONThank you to Liberty Language Services for sponsoring this episode.To learn more about Liberty Language Services, please visit: https://www.libertylanguageservices.com/To learn more about The Professional Medical Interpreter course, go to: https://bit.ly/pmi-course-btiFor a limited time only, you can get $50 off the full price of The Professional Medical Interpreter: A Comprehensive 40-Hour Medical Interpreting Course. Use the following coupon code at checkout: BTI50

Tony Valle is a  Judicial Council of CA Certified Court Interpreter, a Certified Healthcare Interpreter through the Certification Commission For Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI) and is the administrator of the Facebook group: Resource Center for Certified Interpreters with over 2500 members. Tony joins us today to talk about how he went from acting school to interpreting school, and about his passion behind team-based approaches, Tune in to find out more about Tony on the Brand the Interpreter Podcast where I share your stories about our profession!EPISODE NOTESConnect with Tony:Email: eventsbytv@gmail.comFacebook Forum: https://www.facebook.com/groups/236226456768391/Resources mentioned:InterpretrainInterpremedLet's connect!www.brandtheinterpreter.comFacebookTwitterLinkedIn---------------------------------------------------SPONSOR INFORMATIONThank you to Liberty Language Services for sponsoring this episode.To learn more about Liberty Language Services, please visit: https://www.libertylanguageservices.com/To learn more about The Professional Medical Interpreter course, go to: https://bit.ly/pmi-course-btiFor a limited time only, you can get $50 off the full price of The Professional Medical Interpreter: A Comprehensive 40-Hour Medical Interpreting Course. Use the following coupon code at checkout: BTI50

Today's brand new episode bring us Javier Castillo Jr, a conference interpreter, federal and state court certified interpreter, CCHI certified medical interpreter, and a contract interpreter for the U.S. Department of State for over 20 years.  Tune in and join the conversation as he and I talk about training, mentors, preparation and opportunity and Master Yoda. You won't want to miss this conversation. Only on the Brand the Interpreter Podcast where I share your stories about our profession!Let's connect!www.brandtheinterpreter.com FacebookTwitterLinkedIn---------------------------------------------------SPONSOR INFORMATIONThank you to Liberty Language Services for sponsoring this episode.To learn more about Liberty Language Services, please visit: https://www.libertylanguageservices.com/To learn more about The Professional Medical Interpreter course, go to: https://bit.ly/pmi-course-bti For a limited time only, you can get $50 off the full price of The Professional Medical Interpreter: A Comprehensive 40-Hour Medical Interpreting Course. Use the following coupon code at checkout: BTI50

Today's special episode brings us two medical interpreters from different parts of the U.S. here to share their experiences as medical interpreters during the COVID-19 pandemic.Linda Cobbs is an English to German medical interpreter specializing in OPI, Video & onsite interpreting based in Texas and specializing in immigration, finance and medical.Helen Sweeny is a Russian to English VRI certified medical interpreter with over 20 years of experience.Both share their experiences here on the Brand the Interpreter Podcast where I share your stories about our profession! Tune in!Connect with me!Instagram Facebook TwitterLinkedIn-----------------------------Sponsor LinkOCDE Interpreters & Translators Conference

Gustavo R. Negrete is a certified medical interpreter through the National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters (NBCMI) and currently serves the Secretary of the NBCMI. He is also a Certified HIPAA Privacy Expert (CHPE). Gustavo was previously an Interpreter and Translator at Riverside University Health System (RUHS) and currently, he is the President and CEO of a micro interpreting and translation company providing on-site, OPI, VRI and translation services for clients and is the Coordinator and Lead Instructor for TransInterpreting's Healthcare Interpreting Program. Today he's here to share his story of how he started his career journey as a medical interpreter.Join the conversation on the Brand the Interpreter Podcast where I share your stories about our profession. Episode NotesConnect with Gustavo on Facebook,  LinkedIn or Instagram Also Connect with Me!InstagramFacebookTwitterLinkedIn---------------------------------------Sponsor LinkOCDE Interpreters and Translators Conference

Mary Soots, Oregon Health Care Interpreters Association Director of Education Programs, takes a deep dive into what it takes to make medical interpreting a lasting and rewarding career. Mary Soots is an Anthropologist, a social researcher and policy analyst, and an Oregon Certified Health Care Interpreter (Spanish). She is an Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at Portland State University, specializing in the culture of Latin America. She has worked with the Hispanic community in Oregon for over 40 years which helps to inform her interpreting work. Until COVID, she also worked in Research and Evaluation at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI). Mary is the Director of Education Programs for the Oregon Health Care Interpreters Association (OHCIA), developing the curriculum for the 60-hour Health Care Interpreter training program required for Qualification or Certification credentials for spoken and sign languages. She oversees the continuing education program expanding HCI skills and knowledge. Mary also provides the instruction along with various continuing education classes including Cultural Awareness for interpreters and other health care professions. Born in Mexico and raised in the Midwest, Mary's bicultural background provides depth to her work by interpreting both the meaning of the message and the cultural context in which it exists. Her goal is to create bridges of understanding across cultures. Mary holds a Master of Arts degree in Anthropology from Portland State University, Bachelor of Arts degrees in International Studies and Anthropology, as well as Minor Degrees in Spanish and in Geography.

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Interview conducted by Elena Langdon - elena@7sisterslearn.comVonessa Costa is director of Multicultural Affairs and Patient Services at Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), named “Best in Class for Delivering Culturally and Linguistically Competent Patient Care throughout the Organization” by the Institute for Diversity in Health Management (2010). Vonessa co-leads CHA’s video interpreting program honored with a 2014 Amerinet Healthcare Achievement Award for technological advances that have enhanced CHA’s ability to care for a diverse patient population.  Prior to her current position, Vonessa was director of the Cross Cultural Communication Institute at CCCS, Inc., where she specialized in interpreter development and provider training in intercultural communication. Vonessa is a CoreCHI™ practitioner credentialed by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters. She is secretary of the Forum on the Coordination of Interpreter Services and former secretary of the International Medical Interpreters Association. Vonessa is a graduate of the Americas Essential Hospitals Fellows Program, and a 2019 MassAHEC Tony Windsor Award recipient.Music by Clover FortierPodcast graphic art by Marcelle Carlson

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Join us as Lizbeth Mendoza, MD, CMI, and DLM instructor, discusses why she sees pharmacotherapy is one of the most important topics for medical interpreters to understand. To learn more about becoming a medical interpreter, click here: https://delamorainstitute.com/signature-medical-training-program/Past Pharmacotherapy Webinar (Self-Paced): http://de-la-mora-training.thinkific.com/courses/Pharmacotherapy-Part1Next Pharmacotherapy Webinar (Live): https://delamorainstitute.com/monthly-webinars/

Milly Valverde joins us in this episode to talk about her work in language access, and diversity and inclusion, at The Ohio State University Health System. Milly was named Language Access Champion 2013 by the National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare.

Join Agustin and Eliane Sfeir-Markus as they share their insight into what the job of a medical interpreter is, based on ethical standards.

Filmmaker, Presenter and Nationally-Certified Interpreter, Marcelo Cedeno joins us for a riveting discussion on vicarious trauma in the interpreting profession and his movie "Beyond Words."

New on the PCC IHP Podcast Ep 12: Certification in Medical Interpreting with Erin The landscape for medical interpreters is changing each year thanks to new regulations aiming toward better care in the medical environment. This week, Erin Neff joins Pete Wright to discuss certification options for anyone interested in making medical interpreting a career! Health Care/Medical Interpreting at IHP http://www.pcc.edu/climb/health/interpreting/ National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters http://www.certifiedmedicalinterpreters.org/ Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters http://www.healthcareinterpretercertification.org/

This year, Oregon is making some profound changes in the requirements for medical interpreters. This week on the show, PCC instructor Morad Noury joins Pete Wright to discuss those changes, and how certification improves overall quality of care. For more information on medical interpreting in Oregon, visit the Office of Equity and Inclusion online at www.oregon.gov/oha/oei. For more information on the PCC Health Care/Medical Interpreting program, visit www.pcc.edu/climb/health/interpreting/.