SKILLS
- ENGLISH - PORTUGUESE
- PORTUGUESE - ENGLISH
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
- TRANSLATION
- INTERPRETATION
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Community Outreach Liaison -Partners In Health
-Provided individuals with COVID-19 information and resources.
-Planned and managed vaccination clinics.
-Maintained existing and developed new partnerships with local organizations to facilitate community involvement
and awareness on COVID -19 response
-Authored content of social media postings and educational brochures.
-Proofread translations to identify and correct punctuation, grammatical and translation errors.
-Delivered real-time, accurate oral translations and interpretations for individuals.
COVID-19 Contact Tracer-Partners in Health
-Completed data entry to facilitate case interview and elicited close contacts into web-based client resource
management (Salesforce CRM), and referred to testing, and/or a Care Resource Coordinator for social
resources as needed; compliant with Department of Public Health confidentiality and privacy training.
-Explained importance of contact tracing to prevent disease transmission and keep communities healthy.
-Leveraged scripted template to guide interview process, ask required questions and conduct interactions with
professionalism and empathy. Followed all policies and procedures provided and set protocol by PIH for contacting assigned newly diagnosed COVID-19 case patients and documented all contact attempts and
timeframes.
-Member of Internal Language Line in Portuguese, provide newly-diagnosed individuals with isolation and
quarantine guidelines in their native language to slow the spread of COVID-19 in an empathetic, thoughtful and
culturally specific manner.
Volunteer Translator and Interpreter- Kids In Need Of Defense – KIND
-Provide English/Portuguese interpretation services at meetings and during telephone conferences
Translate legal documents
-Delivered real-time, accurate oral translations and interpretations for clients.
Volunteer Translator and Interpreter- PAIR – Political Asylum/Immigration Representation
-Delivered real-time, accurate oral translations and interpretations for clients.
Sat in on meetings to provide members with oral translations of conversations and information.
-Interpreted conference calls and other workplace communications in real-time.
-Translate and interpret documents for Portuguese-speaking clients
Volunteer Translator- Boston Housing Authority
-Provided full English to Portuguese translation services.
-Used knowledge of cultural background to understand idiomatic meanings of specific expressions.
Volunteer Translator and Interpreter- Suffolk University Law School
-Sat in on meetings to provide members with oral translations of conversations and information.
-Delivered real-time, accurate oral translations and interpretations for clients.
-Prepared thorough, accurate and well-edited documents for cases, client communication, and internal needs.
Adult ESL Teacher- GO UP Learning Center
-Used variety of teaching techniques to encourage student critical thinking and discussion in language course
-Integrated technology into classroom settings to engage students and diversify instruction
-Identified online resources to complement traditional course materials and aid in student learning
-Tested students on concepts taught in class to determine comprehension levels
Kindergarten Teacher Assistant
-Paulo Freire School
-Taught children ages 4 to 7 basic reading and alphabetical skills
-Prepared, administered and graded daily work and tests to evaluate student’s progress
-Organized classroom supplies, including art and musical resources, to foster a creative and welcoming
classroom environment
-Instructed students individually and in groups using varied teaching methods
SPECIALIZATION AREAS
- EDUCATION - LEGAL - MEDICINE AND HEALTH
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
New England Translators Association (NETA)
SOFTWARE
PC : Windows 365, Office 2016;