Curriculum Vitae

Professional Experience

French to English Translator, Freelance

October 2020—present

ATA-certified French to English translator specializing in international development, nonfiction books, and certified translations of official documents. 

Tools: Trados, Aegisub

Federal Language Consultant, National Language Service Corps

March 2024—present

Volunteer position serving language needs of government agencies.

Research Consultant, ISM Interprétariat, Paris, France

September—December 2019

Independent research project funded by a French nonprofit on the regulation, organization and provision of community interpreter services in the US.

Project Manager, ISM Interprétariat, Paris, France

May—July 2019

Internship for Master 2: Coordinated all aspects translation requests from initial assessment to final delivery for private, commercial and government clients.

Subtitle Editor, IAE Pau-Bayonne, Pau, France

January 2018

Internship for Master 1: Proofread and revised English subtitles for postgraduate-level business management video lectures in French; created and maintained terminology databases.

 

Education

Master 2 Applied Foreign Languages: Translation, terminology, documentation (Fr<>En, Fr<>Es)
Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, 2017 —2019
Awarded a “mention” for my research on the Grand Canal of Nicaragua

B.A. French literature
West Virginia University, 2004—2009
Study abroad program in Vendée, France (summer 2009)

B.S. Marketing
West Virginia University, 2004—2009

 

Professional Affiliations

  • National Language Service Corps

  • American Translators Association

  • Colorado Translators Association

  • Rocky Mountain French-American Chamber of Commerce

 

Extra-Professional Activities and Interests

  • Volunteer translator with Ashoka, TED, Translators Without Borders, PerMondo

  • Volunteer service trip chaperone with Children’s Global Alliance (Nicaragua—2016, Morocco—2025)

  • Volunteer English teacher/translator for Comunidad Connect (Nicaragua 2013—2016)

  • Ski instructor (2007—present; certified by the Professional Ski Instructors of America; awarded a scholarship to the Logan Ski Academy; chosen to teach Obama family)

  • Traveling, skiing, hiking, cooking, French pastries, historical fiction, impressionist art