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Official
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In
2004, legislation was enacted charging
the Iowa Division of Latino Affairs with
the creation of a standard system to qualify Spanish-English interpreters
for generalized and specialized purposes and to maintain a roster
of individuals qualified to provide interpreter services for the
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Latino
Affairs works with Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) to
enroll, provide financial assistance, and to graduate qualified
interpreters. Specialized interpreter students graduated August
9th, 2008 with a completion in one of the two areas: Judicial or
Health Care. |
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Qualified
Specialized
Interpreters of Iowa |
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 Sandra
D Alvarez
Health
Care
Ankeny,
Iowa
Phone: (515) 965-0479
Cell: (515) 306-3467
sandra_alvarez_herrera@hotmail.com
Days and hours available to work: Mon.
- Sat.: any time
Availability to travel: Central
Iowa
Personal/professional profile:
I am a qualified Spanish/English interpreter working to become a Human
Service Interpreter at DMACC. I have completed the Basic Interpreter's
Training Classes at Mercy Hospital.
I graduated with a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the Catholic University
of Chile.
I have four years of experience as an interpreter and a translator. I
have worked in the medical field, the educational field and the social
work field. I really enjoy working with people.
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 Claudia
M. Steele
Judiciary
Des
Moines, Iowa
Phone: (515) 250-9066
cmsteele1820@yahoo.com
Days
and hours available to work:
Mon. - Fri.: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Counties
you are able to travel to: Dallas, Harding, Grundy,
Marshall, Tama, Story, and Polk.
Personal/professional
profile: I have been doing Interpreting and translating
for 20 years. In the fall I will be finishing Judiciary interpreting
qualifications through DMACC. I also have done some interpreting Medical
field and Social work field. I enjoy helping individuals and making
a difference with Spanish speaking community.
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 Francisco
Guzmán-Zaragoza
Health
Care
Johnston, Iowa
Phone: (515) 278-4984
Cell:(515) 669-3531
Franciscointerpreter@hotmail.com
Days and hours available to work:
Mon. - Wed.: anytime
Thurs. and Sat: mornings until 3:00pm
Availability to travel: No. Current student at DMACC.
Personal/professional profile:
Primary education in Mexico until 10th grade. Urbandale High School
graduate-2004-outstanding achievement. Working to become a Human Service
Interpreter at DMACC. Active in student government, support services
and clubs (Int’l Club and ITR Club) and active in the Latino community,
Latinos Unidos, Latinos affair, ISED… DMACC Certificate as a General
Interpreter and Translator (English-Spanish) DMACC Certificate in Management.
Taking advanced English classes, such as composition II. Interpreter
for parent-teacher conferences, school registrations, and medical visits.
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 Norma
Patricia Tamay
Health
Care
Des
Moines, Iowa
Phone: (515) 263-8004
Cell: (515) 480-8601
normatamay@hotmail.com
Days and hours available to work: Mon.
– Fri.: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Availability to travel: Central
Iowa
Personal/professional profile:
I am a qualified Spanish/English interpreter and translator with specialization
in the field of healthcare. I graduated with honors from Des Moines Area
Community College, and completed the internship at LanguageTech, Inc. I
have five years of experience as an interpreter and translator, and have
worked in the medical, social, and educational fields. Previously, I completed
a bachelor’s degree in education from Montemorelos University in Mexico.
I love and enjoy translating and interpreting for the non-English speaking
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 Shirley
Nebel
Judiciary
Washington, Iowa
Phone: (319) 653-6321
Cell: (319) 653-8529
shirleyn@cloudburst9.net
Days and hours available to work:
Any time during the week
Availability to travel: Across
Iowa
Personal/professional profile:
In August, 2008, I recieved a certificate from the interpretation/translation
program at DMACC, specializing in the legal field, with Spanish as my
second language. In addition, I have a BA from UNI in teaching. I have
been a freelance interpreter in district courts and other legal arenas
for more than a dozen years, and find it rewarding to assist our non-English
speaking population in this way.
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 Lizbeth
Pimentel
Health
Care
Ottumwa, Iowa
Cell: (641) 226-0300
Lizbeth_96@msn.com
Days and hours available to work: Evenings &
weekends!
Availability to travel: Southeastern & Central Iowa
Personal/professional profile:
I am currently working for Clow Valve in Oskaloosa. My position here
is Industrial Relations Clerk in the Human Resources Department. I have
some experience as an interpreter & translator in H/R, medical,
legal, outreach, and in different community resources (W.I.C, DHS, SIDA,
United Way, general relief).
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 Juana
Plum
Health
Care
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Cell: (641) 799-4816
Jplum@clowvalve.com
Website: www.emilyplum.com
Days
and hours available to work: Evenings
and weekends
Availability
to travel: South-Central
Personal/professional
profile:
Juana Maria
Plum holds native fluency in both Spanish and English. She has extensive
work experience in Iowa in medical, HR, manufacturing, education, and
administration. Juana is a Safety Technician at Clow Valve Company in
Oskaloosa. She works with the Safety Department, VPP, and Incident Investigation;
is certified to teach OSHA bilingual outreach training; and organizes
Safety Department events. Juana’s profound experience in the workplace
allows her the vision to see from various perspectives.
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 Carlos
A. Rios
Judiciary
West Des Moines, Iowa
Cell: (515) 402-6238
crios@irnofiowa.org
Days and hours available to work:
Monday
- Sunday: any time
Availability to travel: Across
the State
Personal/professional profile:
I am a qualified English/Spanish/Portuguese
interpreter and a professional translator with 14 years of experience.
Currently, I am the Iowa Executive Director of the Immigrant Rights Network
of Iowa. Originally from Peru, I received an undergraduate degree in political
science and a jury’s doctorate-law-degree. Before coming to Iowa,
I worked for ten years in United Nations in Africa and Central America.
I am a specialist in immigration, mediation, human rights, education and
community issues. I have done free-lance Interpreting & Translating
for different organizations and corporations for the past six years in
the field of Healthcare, Business (financial, brochures), Judicial (ciminal,
immigration, family, civil, workers compensation) and Education (trainings,
confernces, meetings).
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 Maribel
Sevillano
Judiciary
Des Moines, Iowa
Cell: (515) 447-2823
maribel_sevillano@yahoo.com
Days and hours available to work:
Mon. – Thurs.: 9:00am - 3:00pm.
Weekends also
Availability to travel: Polk County
and a ratio of 100 miles away.
Personal/professional profile:
I have experience with interpreting and translating by serving the Urbandale
Police Department, Prairie Meadows, Des Moines Public Schools, and the
Spanish Community.
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