[Recorded Dec. 3, 2024]

Today I’m speaking with Alina Fernanda Picayo. She works as a Spanish and English interpreter and translator. We hear from Alina about different forms of interpreting; what it was like to interpret during the pandemic; what having a command of language means; and what it means to be responsible with your words. We speak about what is involved in choosing the work you do, what interview processes can entail, and also about her work with immigration shelters within New York.

Alina works for a family-owned publisher [that of her grandmother and uncle,] which publishes bilingual children's books, as well as books by Native American writers, many of whom speak a native language as their first language. To learn more about the books published, visit: https://www.littlebellcaribbean.com https://guanipress.com

To find Alina's own writing, which was recently published in a literary and academic anthology, you can visit: https://www.amazon.com/IMAGEN-MADRE-LITERATURA-ESC%C3%89NICAS-VISUALES/dp/1934370924