WORK EXPERIENCE
 TECHNICAL & SCIENTIFIC TRANSLATOR MID 2010 – PRESENT
Independent and agency-based translation services for general, scientific and technical texts, with a strong emphasis on
making target texts accurate and natural, striving to achieve the satisfaction of the customer and the final reader.
SPECIALTIES: Medical and pharmaceutical industries, biological and environmental sciences.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE IN: Engineering, general documents, legal, oil & gas, construction.
Where? What? Target Language
Creative- Med (MEX)
Medical publishing house
 Medical & pharmaceutical translations
 Booklets, medical guides, patient brochures
 Over 70 000 words translated to date
English
LangTech (COL)
Translation agency
 Technical translations on infrastructure, industry
 Technical reports and studies, agreements
 Over 125 000 words translated to date
English
Edure-K (COL)
Language institute
 Legal and everyday-language translations
 Agreements, internal newsletters
 Over 25 000 words translated. ESL teaching.
Spanish and English
SinFin Global Services (COL)
Translation agency
 Legal and business translations
 Agreements, terms of reference, memorandums
 Over 100 000 words translated to date
English
Straker Translations (NZL)
Translation agency
 Legal and business translations
 Agreements, terms of reference, memorandums
 Over 50 000 words translated to date
Spanish and English
Editorial Apex-BGT (SPA)
Medical publishing house
 Medical translations; proofreading
 Booklets, medical guides, patient brochures
 Over 175 000 words translated
English
Freelance translation
as Splice Translations
 Scientific, technical and general translations
 Research papers, thesis, agreements
 For agencies, researchers, physicians, outsourcers
Spanish and English
 ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR JULY 2012 – PRESENT
ESL instruction to adults and teenagers. Lesson planning, student progress monitoring, outings, cultural assessments.
INSTITUTES: Edure-K, First Class English, Berlitz School of Languages.
CLIENTS: Safran Group, Avianca, Banco de Occidente, DHL, private students from similar backgrounds.

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
 BIOLOGY, B.Sc. – Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá – Colombia.
o Research interests: Systematics, taxonomy, distribution and ecology of amphibians and arthropods.
 BILINGUAL UPBRINGING - ENGLISH (US) AND SPANISH (LA). C2 level in both languages.
 SPECIALIZATION IN MEDICAL TRANSLATION EN > ES. Trágora Formación, Granada – Spain.
 CERTIFICATE IN GENERAL TRANSLATION. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá – Colombia.
 Official Translator and Interpreter training course. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá – Colombia.
 El Tiempo Caribe Orthography Contest winner. Most Avid Reader award. San José High School, Barranquilla – Colombia.