About Me

As a professional translator and member of the American Translators Association, I translate documents for individual and small business clients in North and South America as well as for programs at the University of Michigan, Rutgers University, and Translators Without Borders. As an instructor, I teach Spanish using a self-created curriculum and act as an online conversation partner for Spanish speakers learning English. As a curriculum designer, I create and sell Intermediate Spanish education materials online. Additionally, I run a social media page dedicated to teaching Spanish vocabulary and Latin American culture. I keep abreast of translation technology, ChatGPT/AI solutions and stay current with lifestyle, dialect, politics, and cultural shifts in the Americas.

My Story

I first fell in love with Spanish in high school. My favorite teacher of all time was my high school Spanish teacher. In college, I minored in Spanish and did a study abroad at Cuauhnahuac Instituto de Lenguas y Cultura in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico where I attended classes while living with a local family. After such an intense immersion program, I found that I had become fluent! I was so excited! Over the years I got busy with life and a career in software and I didn’t keep up my practice the way that I should have. After years of a lull in my studies and letting life get in the way, eventually I found that I struggled to maintain fluency. I also realized that I had shelved the intense passion I once had for such a beautiful language.

In the 2010’s, I sought to regain what I had lost and began an intense journey to reclaim my fluency.  In the years that followed, I was acutely determined to not only regain what I had lost, but to go even further and completely master Spanish fluency on a professional level. I worked tirelessly and completely immersed myself in the world of Spanish to meet my goal of mastering fluency—and I continue to do that to this day.

Several years later, I was accepted into the Spanish/English translation program at the University of Arizona. After intensive translation courses in legal, medical, and business translation, I completed the program with high marks and proudly earned my certificate in Spanish/English Translation.  Today, I am a professional translator and proud member of the American Translators Association. 

In 2022, I began teaching Spanish to private students.  Luckily for me, my first student was an enthusiastic and motivated Spanish learner. I found it to be so rewarding!  Since then, I expanded to group classes and tutoring and continue to actively teach Spanish and create Intermediate Spanish lessons, activities, and worksheets for Teachers Pay Teachers—something I am extremely passionate about.  I also share my love of Spanish through social media with mini-lessons on Facebook and Instagram. I absolutely love what I do!

Thank you for reading my story, and I hope that I can inspire you as well!

“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. ‘Tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”– Mark Twain