Originally from Costa Rica, Dr. Solano is a multi-disciplinarian professional with experience in natural and social sciences. A graduate from the University of Delaware’s School of Public Policy and Administration, she has been active in the fields of access to language, cultural competence, education, and nonprofit management.
Dr. Solano has interpreted in a number of community settings, with particularly intensive experience in domestic violence and sexual assault and community health and human service agencies. She has also performed legal interpreting (she is a court-eligible interpreter on the roster for the Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts), including immigration clinics, and various kinds of community interpreting, including a workshop on pruning, educational interpreting and a winter Study Abroad program in Costa Rica for the University of Delaware.
Through various positions, Dr. Solano has maintained close connections with the immigrant community of the Eastern Shore of Maryland and the multiple agencies, organizations, and businesses that provide community services to this population. In the past years, she has served as an English as a Second Language (ESL) Instructor, ESL Transition Specialist, Licensed Community Interpreting Instructor and Coordinator of the Talbot Language and Cultural Competence initiative. Dr. Solano was recently promoted to a full-time Advancement Manager position at the Chesapeake Multicultural Center in Easton, MD, where she will support the mission of empowering people from different cultures to become successful and engaged members of their community. Currently, interpreting is an important part of her position.
In addition to promoting cultural integration and training interpreters, Dr. Solano has a passion for the natural environment. She collaborates with organizations such as the Eastern Shore Land Conservancy and Chesapeake Bay Foundation, helping to protect and preserve Maryland’s beautiful Eastern Shore.
