1140 St. Johns Place, Apt. 20 New York, NY 11213 (646) 807-8334

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1140 St. Johns Place, Apt. 20 New York, NY 11213 (646) 807-8334

1140 St. Johns Place, Apt. 20 | New York, NY 11213 | (646) 807-8334 | [email protected]

Recent graduate with strong communication and organizational skills. Expert Spanish-English and English- Spanish translator with experience in literature, business, legal and financial translation. Trained legal and financial proofreader. Detail-oriented, creative self-starter. A dedicated team player with proven ability to manage and multitask in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. EDUCATION HUNTER COLLEGE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK 2008–2011 B.A. Spanish-English Translation/Interpretation and Interdisciplinary Honors Studies Graduated Valedictorian, summa cum laude UNIVERSIDAD ANTONIO DE NEBRIJA 2010–2011 International Program for Hispanic Studies and Applied Linguistics MORITZ LEGAL PROOFING 2005 Training in legal and financial proofreading, including EDGAR (ASCII and HTML) AMERICAN MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC ACADEMY 2004–2005 Conservatory Program for Theatre and Film

EMPLOYMEN SPANISH-ENGLISH FREELANCE TRANSLATOR, NEW YORK, NY Sept 2010 – T Skilled in legal, financial, business, literature and film (subtitle) translation. Present  Managed a team of translators rendering a collection of poetry entitled ¡Hey Yo / Yo Soy! 40 Years of Nuyorican Street Poetry by Jesús Papoleto Meléndez into Spanish for a bilingual edition  Promoted to Senior Translator, Phati’tude Literary Magazine based on skill in translating poems into English and translating/proofreading numerous articles and interviews  Film: Pandroid Films' La mirada de las fotos and Lo que quiero de ti (English subtitles)  Rules & Regulations: Festival Flamenco de Cortometrajes into English  Business: PowerPoint, Excel & Word documents for Diocese of Brooklyn into Spanish  Legal: Depositions, contracts and disclaimers  Play scripts: Nubes Frente a Un Espejo and El Retablillo de Don Cristóbal  Prose: El Planeta Dragón FREELANCE LEGAL AND FINANCIAL PROOFREADER Jan 2006 – Metropolitan Proofreaders, New York Legal Temps, Decorum Consulting Present Group  Performed assignments at Link Laters, Milbank, Wachtel, Cadawalader, Clifford Chance, Capital Systems, Command Financial Press, and Curtis Millet Provost.  Trained other proofreaders in copy-editing, conversion to HTML and error correction. TEACHING ARTIST AND INTERPRETER April 2011 Stages on the Sound  Provided simultaneous interpretation into Spanish for English-speaking teaching artists when working as a group.  Lead Shakespeare scene workshops to various levels of ESL students in Spanish and English. ACADEMIA NORTEAMERICANA DE LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA (DE March 2010 LA REAL ACADEMIA) Intern  Worked with other members of the Academia to gather emails of Spanish professors across the country to be entered onto the Academia’s mailing list. SKILLS Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Trados and MemoQ CAT tools. Basic HTML and Flash skills. Type 70 w.p.m.

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