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Denis Socarrás-Estrada

A native of Cuba, Denis Socarrás-Estrada is currently completing a PhD in Modern Languages, Literature and Translation from the University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain. It is linked to interpreting studies and training methodology for public services (community) interpreting. He holds an MA in Intercultural Communication, Interpreting & Translating in Public Services and an English degree […]

Sofía García-Beyaert

Sofía García-Beyaert is a practicing interpreter and researcher in public policy and cross-linguistic communication. Through an international triple qualification program, she obtained a bachelor’s degree, with honors, in translation and interpreting studies from Universidad de Granada-UGR (Spain), Université de Provence Aix-Marseille I (France) and Northumbria University (United Kingdom). Following studies in conference interpreting in Spain, […]

Hank Dallmann

Hank Dallmann is a faculty member in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Director of the New Brunswick Community Interpreter Project. He has led a robust training program at the medical school for Spanish-speaking dual-role interpreters at two hospitals and various community health centers in central […]

Lois M. Feuerle

Lois M. Feuerle, PhD, JD, holds a law degree from the New York University School of Law and a Ph.D. in Germanic Languages and Literatures with a minor in Applied Linguistics from the University of Kansas. From 1996 through 2000 she was the Coordinator of Court Interpreting Services for the State of New York and […]

Jean Bruggeman

Jean Bruggeman has 15 years of management experience in the non-profit legal and social services sector. Her focus is on building strong systems for long-term sustainability and growth. She is currently working to strengthen and grow Freedom Network USA, a national alliance of over 40 experienced advocates, both individuals and organizations, working with survivors of […]

Isabel Framer

Isabel Framer, a national consultant on language access, is the past two-term Chair of the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators (NAJIT). She is a court-certified Spanish interpreter for over 15 years, a leading national advocate on language access and a trainer who has provided expert witness testimony on legal interpreting across the U.S. […]

Carola Lehmacher-Richez

Carola is a multi-lingual freelance translator and interpreter with over fifteen years of experience working with government and industry at executive and operational levels. She holds two university degrees in translations studies granted by the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Additionally, she obtained a Spanish ˂˃ German interpreting diploma (2005) and concluded a 3-year Spanish […]

Laurence Jay-Rayon Ibrahim Aibo

Laurence Jay-Rayon Ibrahim Aibo (M.A. in translation and Ph.D. in translation studies from Université de Montréal) translates from English and German into European and Canadian French, is a certified translator in Quebec and certified healthcare interpreter in the United States. Dr. Ibrahim Aibo has been translating, teaching, and interpreting in the Americas, Europe, and Africa […]

Katty Kauffman

Katty has served as official interpreter at a number of meetings of Heads of State, including four Summits of the Americas, as well as at a variety of events organized by international organizations. Since 2000, she has served as a contract interpreter at the UN’s Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and […]

Sarah Stockler-Rex

Sarah has worked as a Spanish medical interpreter, in both onsite and remote modalities, for over 10 years. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Linguistics and recently completed a Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics with a specialization in Language Testing. Sarah is in constant pursuit of providing the highest caliber language […]

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