Federal Court Certified

State Court Certified – Maryland (and Consortium States )

FBI Language Certified - Top Secret Clearance

State Department contracted for Federal Court Interpreting and the DOJ

DEA Language Certified.

National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators 

Chief Justice Rehnquist - trip to Guanajuato Mexico, along with Associate Justice Steven Breyer to meet with head of Mexican Supreme Court; also interpreted for Justice Ginsberg, Justice O'Connor and Justice Scalia

President of El Salvador and Senator Trent Lott on capitol hill during discussions regarding immigration issues

First Lady of Venezuela during meetings at Georgetown University

Ex-President of Colombia and ex-Secretary General Gavíria of the OAS 

Inter American Defense College and Inter American Defense Board under the auspices the OAS – international affairs

First Lady of Chile for Chilean Embassy during IBM presentations in Washington

Extensive training meetings, seminars and conferences for the FBI Academy, the Department of Justice, ATF and the Judicial College, on Asset Forfeiture, Money Laundering, Interdiction of Controlled Substances, Human Rights issues, Serial number restoration – participants: Colombian judges, attorneys and investigators, forensic laboratory experts.

USDA and Trade Organizations- In depth training classes on Commodities Exchange Market, Futures and Options, extensive presentations on the Check-Off system for the Grain Market. Seminars for Mexican Cattle Ranchers, livestock as well as grains. Interpreted for Market News Branch yearly conferences, meetings, workshops, Bio-technology, Phytosanitary, and technical sciences, training classes and etc.  Extensive translations for many departments within USDA – Translation of training materials for international grains programs.

Several years providing multi-language Interpreting services for Dominos Pizza International Franchisee Rally over 3,000 participants

Thirty years experience as a State and eighteen years as a Federal Court Certified Interpreter and Translator in many United States jurisdictions.

Duties include simultaneous, consecutive, and sight modes in all court related proceedings, as well as translations, transcriptions, wiretaps, depositions, conferences, and consultations for private law firms, hearings, pre-trial conferences, witness preparation, teleconferencing, grand jury interpreting etc.

Transcription Presentation Program preparation for the Department of Justice, as well as many appearances before the Grand Jury in D.C., VA and MD.  

Appearances at many trials at State and Federal levels, and qualified as an Expert Witness Language Interpreter/Translator.

George Washington University and Widener University College of Law Delaware – presented 8 session seminar on Court Interpreting as faculty – created curriculum for course of study in preparation for State Certification examination given by the National Center for State Courts.  

Recorded training module for National Advocacy Center, Justice Television Network entitled "Lost in Translation: How to Work with Court Interpreters" for training of Assistant U.S. Attorneys

 Faculty for Mandatory Seminars and Presentations for Interpreter Training on the duties, responsibilities and ethics of interpreting in Maryland and Delaware Administrative Office of the Courts, including Advanced Language Specific Courses, and Preparation Work Shops for State Interpreters Certification Test for Spanish for the Administrative Office of the Courts of the individual states.

Faculty Trainer for Workshops for Judges’ and Attorneys regarding Interpreters Role, Ethics, Cannons, and trial management.

 Certified Examiner and Rater for the National Center for State Courts for interpreting candidates in the states of VA, DE, MD, NC and NM. 

Member  of the Maryland Judicial Conference’s Advisory Committee on Interpreters commissioned by the Governor of Maryland in July 1995 - resulted in the Certification, Orientation, Rating and Testing of Interpreters, as well as the development of Cannons and Ethics. Current member of Committee on Court Interpreters for the state of Maryland.