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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.

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Annalisa Nash Fernandez, an intercultural strategist at Because Culture, is a specialist in the cultural elements of technology and business. She has lived, worked, and studied in 9 countries, and spent most of her corporate career abroad, as a banker, and as an expatriate executive developing emerging markets for Kraft Foods and Philip Morris. Her expert quotes are widely featured, including by CIO magazine and the BBC, and her articles are published across trade journals and mainstream media. She holds an MA in translation from the University of Wisconsin, and a BS in international finance from Georgetown University.

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Have you ever wondered what an interpreting encounter might look like if everyone were responsible for their own communication? Join today's discussion with certified ASL interpreter Danielle Meder as we navigate the concept of communicative autonomy in interpreting encounters.

Danielle Meder is a nationally certified American Sign Language interpreter and has worked in language access, particularly in remote and healthcare environments for 16 years. She's a licensed interpreter trainer with Cross Cultural Communications' The Community Interpreter, International and is passionate about supporting interpreters, pushing for higher standards, and advocating for best practices that support communicative autonomy.

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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.

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Jaquelina Guardamagna is an Argentine-British qualified translator based in London since 2004.

Upon completion of a five-year BA Degree Course in Translation from the National University of Cordoba, Jaquelina was awarded a scholarship to study Academic English, Cross-cultural Communications, Translation, and International Relations at the University of Westminster in the UK.

Jaquelina founded 'Translator in London' in 2008 to facilitate communications between English and Spanish speakers in the Corporate, Media, Diplomatic, Education and Sustainability Sectors.

With a certificate in Translation for Media [Distinction] from City University, Jaquelina worked as a translator and interpreter on live television at 'This Morning Show", ITV, ITN, RT and as a subtitler for the documentary of Diego Maradona by Oscar-Winning Director, Asif Kapadia. She has also offered consecutive interpreting in boardroom meetings between diplomats. CEOs and Vice-Chancellors of UK and Latin American Universities.

Since 2015, Jaquelina has been sharing her advice on good business practice to colleagues and newcomers to the profession through seminars, published articles and written guidelines.

She has been sitting at CIoL Council since 2017 and served as member and Chair of the Editorial Board of 'The Linguist' Journal for 6 years.

In 2020, Jaquelina was featured as one of the #Ialso100 female entrepreneurs in the campaign led by F:Entrepreneur UK which highlights inspiring business leaders across the UK.

Jaquelina is a practicing Catholic and a proud mum of two.

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Dr. Jennifer Love currently serves as the Supervisor for Language Access and Engagement in Prince George's County Public Schools.  She earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees in Elementary Education and Second Language Acquisition from Wake Forest University. Dr. Love was conferred a Doctor of Education in Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Educational Leadership in Special Education as part of a grant cohort of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education.  

Her journey in education has led her to serve in various instructional and leadership roles in which she has connected with staff, motivated students, and opened doors to family engagement, especially within the international community.  In her current role, she leads a dedicated team of interpreters and translators, who facilitate language access resources for over 55,000 families across the school district. Dr. Love is committed to increasing international parent education and family engagement to positively impact student achievement, and one of her initiatives was recognized by the former White House Initiative for Educational Excellence for Hispanics as a national Bright Spot in Hispanic Education.  Dr. Love has also been recognized by the Washington Post as an Outstanding Local Educator, and was awarded the opportunity to study authentic children’s literature in Madrid, Spain.

Dedicated to elevating the importance of equitable engagement, Dr. Love served on the Core Team with the Maryland State Department of Education to create the state’s first PreK-12 Family Engagement Framework.  She has also served on the Maryland English Learner Advisory Council since 2019. Her work in the area of English learner family engagement, equity and language access is nationally recognized, with publication in leading education journals. She has also been a regular university guest lecturer and invited presenter at various regional and national conferences.  Additionally, she serves as an English learner family engagement consultant for the U.S. Department of Education Office of Communications and Outreach and Office of English Language Acquisition for engagement initiatives.  In recognition of her commitment to the diverse communities in central Maryland, in 2017 she received the Community Service Award from Exelon.

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Seth Hammock graduated with a degree in Computer Science from Baylor University in 2001, specializing in cryptography, and went on to serve as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Bolivian Andes from 2003-2005. Upon returning to the U.S. he went to work in Austin's tech sector as a software developer working for start-ups, one of which was Bazaarvoice, a social media management platform, which went public in 2012.

Drawing on these experiences, he earned his Master License as a court interpreter for Texas in 2017 and began full-time interpreting soon after, although still keeping up with advances in software trends. Building his practice earning just a few hundred dollars a month to more than $100,000 dollars a year, with top firms among his clients, he decided to launch GoSignify, a freelancer platform for professional interpreters.

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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.

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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.
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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.


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