Today's episode brings us Eulogio Espinoza an indigenous Mixteco language interpreter. Eulogio has been a professional interpreter for close to a decade. He's currently the Interpreter Coordinator at Centro Binacional (CBDIO), a non-profit organization  working with the indigenous communities in California. Eulogio brings his experiences and recommendations to the show and shares some great information about the challenges indigenous interpreters face in the language interpreting industry.

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Connect with Eulogio Espinoza:
Instagram: @soy.oye and @cbdio_
Facebook pages, www.facebook.com/oyeoaxaca/ and facebook.com/CentroBinacional

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**Please note that the  descriptions referred to in this program apply to certain groups within the Deaf community and are not meant to define the entire population at large.**

As a second-generation ASL interpreter, Sarah Baker passionately provides equal access for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community. Being raised bilingual, she never thought about interpreting as her career; however, after completing a bachelor’s degree in English from Bob Jones University and completing a three-year interpreting internship at the university, she began freelance interpreting in South Carolina. 

Since achieving NIC certification from Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, she enjoys presenting workshops and mentoring interpreters both locally and nationwide. 

For the past ten years, Sarah has interpreted college lectures, platform presentations, medical procedures, job interviews & orientations, VRS, VRI, and theatrical productions, as well as several weddings and funerals. Her career highlights include interpreting for concerts on stage and televised presidential campaigns. Promoted to Interpreter Recruiter for a VRS company in 2017, Sarah interviewed dozens of ASL interpreters per week for staff interpreter and contract positions and traveled coast-to-coast representing her company at national and regional conferences. 

She has served two terms on the Board of Directors for South Carolina’s RID chapter; and in 2020, Sarah co-founded ASL OWL – a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization focused on mentorship & professional development – and began serving as their Board of Directors President. Authoring the well-known “Knock out the NIC” workshop series and providing 1:1 mentorship, Sarah has led 26 ASL interpreters to achieve national certification thus far. Presently, Sarah works for Akorbi as the Associate Director of ASL Services, leading Akorbi's *new* ASL interpreting department and managing hundreds of Akorbi ASL interpreters nationwide.

Connect with Sarah:
LinkedIn -- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-braswell-baker-nic-8b33958a/
Email - [email protected]
Video links : What Does Deaf Mean?
The Story of ASL
ASL OWL: https://www.aslowl.org/
https://www.facebook.com/ASLOWL

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Francisca Hoces (Mana) is a Spanish consecutive remote interpreter. She is a certified yoga teacher with Yoga Soul Monkeys, RYS 200 hrs. She taught for years at an addiction recovery center, both acting and yoga. Francisca has a passion for learning and is continuously working to improve. Now, she is working towards becoming a translator for yoga, meditation and related topics. Francisca joins the Brand the Interpreter Guest list all the way from  Santiago de Chile, Chile in South America.

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Francisca's media handles:
 https://www.instagram.com/mana.bene.gesserit/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/francisca-hoces/

Episode Resources:
Walking Meditation: https://interpreterscpd.eu/health/walking-meditation/
Medito App: https://meditofoundation.org/medito-app

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It's surreal to think that another season came and went for Brand the Interpreter. This season was filled with so many more amazing guests. I had the chance to speak with professionals of all stages in their interpreting journeys. I feel so honored and humbled that people have chosen this platform to share their story and that you, the audience, has welcomed it with open arms. 

To my amazement, the podcast continues to grow, spreading its message of interpreter stories across the globe. I get messages from people in places I never imagined would listen. We're out there, in small corners of the world, feeling like specs in such a big place, waiting to connect to a bigger network, to find deeper meaning, and as long as this podcast continues to connect us, I will continue to show up. 

I've put together a compilation of this year's stories for this season's episode finale. I hope you enjoy it.

I also hope you come back next year for an even bigger and better Brand the Interpreter Podcast. 

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Razan Roumany is a medical interpreter who is also trained in remote simultaneous interpretation. Although she specializes in medical interpretation, she has also interpreted for lawyers, teachers, social workers, and even a psychologist in a correctional facility.

Having grown up as an Arab-American and hearing her family speak in both French and Arabic is what sparked her passion for interpretation and language learning.  She attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where she obtained a masters degree in Translation and Interpretation studies. Razan also obtained a bachelor's degree in Spanish and Pre Med (Pre-physician assistant) from Southeast Missouri State University.   

She currently works as a Freelance Spanish and Arabic interpreter and a Spanish translator. Her ultimate goal is to work as an Arabic to Spanish simultaneous interpreter.

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Today’s conversation is with Carlos Nuñez, a court-certified Spanish interpreter and a qualified medical interpreter with the Oregon Health Authority. Carlos grew up in Mexico and studied General Business at Eastern Michigan University.

He is the president-elect for the Oregon Health Care Interpreter Association and enjoys working with nonprofits the most, particularly with organizations working on environmental issues and social justice issues.

Carlos shares with us a language-industry story that impacts the way he views his role. He has many things to share in this brand new episode.

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Connect with Carlos Nunez
Oregon Health Care Interpreters Association
OHCIA Interpreter Directory
Resource
Vipassana Meditation
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Join OHCIA's Interpreter Directory and be ready for what's next.

The interpretation industry is changing. Laws are being passed that require more certification. More and more, interpretation is going remote with video or phone. Machine interpretation is getting better and better. Plus, companies are cutting costs for services like interpretation.

If you aren’t certified, don’t want to use technology, don’t have special skills, and don’t have the ability to be flexible, you’ll get less and less work as an interpreter.

The OHCIA Interpreter Directory, or ID, can help. It brings together interpreters and the organizations that hire them — so they can help each other provide much-needed interpretation services.

• Free — The ID is free to all interpreters — forever. It’s paid for by subscription fees charged to hiring organizations
• Trusted — It lists trained, certified interpreters so hiring organizations can trust the quality of the services offered
• Easy — Interpreters can list specialties, availability, and more — so hiring organizations can easily find talent

OHCIA are the right people to bring interpreters and organizations together like never before. Our leadership has deep roots in the interpreter community, and we care deeply about where this industry is going. We have advocated for interpreters and health care interpretation since 2010, and we’re trusted by individuals and organizations alike.

To find out more about OHCIA’s Interpreter Director click on the link below!
https://ohcia-id.org/

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Danilo Formolo is the Assistant Vice President of Language Access at Atrium Health, one of the largest healthcare systems in the U.S. Danilo is entrusted with leading and transforming one of the most robust healthcare language access programs in the country, and is responsible for language access in four different regions of the Southeast. 

In addition to operational leadership, strategic initiatives include building a large, scalable infrastructure through the use of technology to increase access, optimize efficiencies, and contain costs on a system level. 

Danilo is well known in the industry and has delivered conference presentations around the country on numerous occasions.  He is also responsible for organizing the 2nd largest medical interpreter conference in the U.S., drawing 400 interpreters from the Carolinas and beyond. 

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Connect with Danilo Formolo
LinkedIn
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Join OHCIA's Interpreter Directory and be ready for what's next.

The interpretation industry is changing. Laws are being passed that require more certification. More and more, interpretation is going remote with video or phone. Machine interpretation is getting better and better. Plus, companies are cutting costs for services like interpretation.

If you aren’t certified, don’t want to use technology, don’t have special skills, and don’t have the ability to be flexible, you’ll get less and less work as an interpreter.

The OHCIA Interpreter Directory, or ID, can help. It brings together interpreters and the organizations that hire them — so they can help each other provide much-needed interpretation services.

• Free — The ID is free to all interpreters — forever. It’s paid for by subscription fees charged to hiring organizations
• Trusted — It lists trained, certified interpreters so hiring organizations can trust the quality of the services offered
• Easy — Interpreters can list specialties, availability, and more — so hiring organizations can easily find talent

OHCIA are the right people to bring interpreters and organizations together like never before. Our leadership has deep roots in the interpreter community, and we care deeply about where this industry is going. We have advocated for interpreters and health care interpretation since 2010, and we’re trusted by individuals and organizations alike.

To find out more about OHCIA’s Interpreter Director click on the link below!
https://ohcia-id.org/

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The passion for Civil Rights around Language Access of today's guest, woke up after she was returning  with her non-English speaking husband from working for Habitat for Humanity in Guatemala.

Erika Shell-Castro tells us the story of how she was inspired by her husband's journey as a new immigrant to learn as much as she could about Title VI and immigrant and refugee rights, later becoming a subject- matter expert and getting hired by the largest hospital system in Central Ohio to build their Language Access Program. 

Erika specializes in consulting with Partners on Language Access compliance and working with sales teams and Partner Success Managers as a resource and support.  

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Connect with Erika Shell
Website
LinkedIn
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Join OHCIA's Interpreter Directory and be ready for what's next.

The interpretation industry is changing. Laws are being passed that require more certification. More and more, interpretation is going remote with video or phone. Machine interpretation is getting better and better. Plus, companies are cutting costs for services like interpretation.

If you aren’t certified, don’t want to use technology, don’t have special skills, and don’t have the ability to be flexible, you’ll get less and less work as an interpreter.

The OHCIA Interpreter Directory, or ID, can help. It brings together interpreters and the organizations that hire them — so they can help each other provide much-needed interpretation services.

• Free — The ID is free to all interpreters — forever. It’s paid for by subscription fees charged to hiring organizations
• Trusted — It lists trained, certified interpreters so hiring organizations can trust the quality of the services offered
• Easy — Interpreters can list specialties, availability, and more — so hiring organizations can easily find talent

OHCIA are the right people to bring interpreters and organizations together like never before. Our leadership has deep roots in the interpreter community, and we care deeply about where this industry is going. We have advocated for interpreters and health care interpretation since 2010, and we’re trusted by individuals and organizations alike.

To find out more about OHCIA’s Interpreter Director click on the link below!
https://ohcia-id.org/

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After boarding a plane on a one-way ticket to Barcelona in 2011 to live with a host family she had never met, the life of today’s guest changed forever when she spent a year becoming fluent in Spanish.

Dominique’s unique take on how to learn Spanish as an adult has inspired many to jump into language learning. She has helped hundreds of her students build confidence in communicating with their families, having authentic connections with locals on their travels, and simply living the language. Dominique reminds us that “it’s never too late to learn a new language”
 
She is based in Austin, Texas, where she loves to go salsa dancing at the W Hotel and paddle boarding on Lady Bird Lake. But you’ll also find her in Mexico City for good chunks of the year, spending time with her husband’s family.

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Daniel Tamayo is a translator, interpreter practitioner and educator. 

Daniel taught Translation and Interpretation at the University of California at Riverside, as well as in Cal State University, Fullerton, for over 13 years, and Spanish at California State Polytechnic University for about 10 years.  

He has served on the executive boards and committees of various national and California based translation and interpreting organizations. He has presented regularly at several of their annual conferences and has conducted various training workshops and seminars for them over the years. Daniel is the owner of the California-based language services company GlobalTradu Language Services.  Through GlobalTradu Language Services he has conducted trainings for public and private institutions in the US and abroad.

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