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Objective

To obtain a long-term position with an organization for which I can provide significant
contribution, the opportunities to advance based upon skill and commitment and provide
a valuable mode of communication between the Spanish and English speaking
community.

Education

Executive Bilingual Secretary (Centro Harvard, El Salvador, 1979 1982)

Introduction to Microsoft Word (Fall 2007)
CNA certification & licensing (Montrose-Delta Vo-Tech, 2005)
Mesa State College General Education classes (Fall 2000 2002)
Medical Interpreters Training & Certificate (Spring 2010-40 hrs.)

Volunteer Work &

Extracurricular
Activities

Member of PAC (Parent Committee) 2008

Member of Immigration Integration Committee 2007
Montrose Memorial Hospital summer 2003 (approx. 100 hrs)
Montrose County Health Clinic (WIC) Summer 1997 (approx. 100 hrs)

Work Experience

Cultural Mediator
August 2005 May 2010
Montrose RE-1J School District
Provide a bridge between the English and Spanish speakers in the community
as well as in the learning arena.
Translate IEPs (Individual Education Plans) for the families who have
students in special education.
Make appointments over the phone for meetings, send out notices, reminder
calls, mediate between parents and the school to meet their needs and be the
liaison between them for effective communication.
Interpret for counselors that work with Hispanic families, audiologist,
parents/teachers conferences, speech therapists, motor therapists in order to
help them give students tests.
Give PRE IPTs (Language Proficiency Tests) screenings in Spanish &
English to preschoolers.
Interpret in expulsion and disciplinary meetings.
Translate bulletins and letters for the Spanish speaking families in the school
district.
Worked in conjunction with the school psychologist in order to help evaluate
monolingual students.
ESL Para-Professional
September 1998 August 2005
Montrose RE-1J School District

ESL Para-Professional at Northside Elementary school (K-grade) from August

2002 2005

ESL Para-Professional at Columbine Middle School and Centennial Jr. High

School from September 1998 May 2002

Work directly with students and their teachers in the classroom in effort to reteach the materials so that the ESL students could follow along with their classmates

References

Took notes during classes in order to explain to students, enabling them to

participate in classroom assignments and activities
Attended teacher/parent conferences, disciplinary meetings, as well as other
appointments in order to translate for the teachers and parents
Answered phone calls from parents as well as making calls on behalf of the
students (i.e. when they were sick, needed specific items from home, etc.)
Translate assignments, letters, bulletins from the school district/teacher for the
students and their families in order for them to be informed of the happenings in the
classroom and community
Attended field trips, assemblies, and presentations with students