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