PROFESSIONAL INTERPRETERS EDUCATION COMMUNITY
JUDICIARY INTERPRETERS GROW PROFESSIONALLY WITH ACCESS TO RELEVANT COURSES, TRAINING MANUALS, ONE-TO-ONE COACHING, AND A PROFESSIONAL INTERPRETER EDUCATION COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY ELDER: Dr. José León Varela-Ibarra, FCCI
Dr. Jose L. Varela-Ibarra, FCCI
Ph.D. The University of Texas at Austin, Spanish Language & Cultures. US Courts Certified Interpreter & Translator, California Courts & Administrative Hearing Certified Interpreter & Translator, Agricultural Labor Relations Board Certified Interpreter & Translator. Court Qualified Spanish Expert Witness. Former professor & director of the Translation & Interpreting Programs at The University of Texas at Brownsville and San Diego State University, Imperial Valley. Former escort interpreter for Costa Rican Ambassador to Barbados. Interpreting Team Leader for a US/Mexico Border Governors Summit. Organizer of four international conferences on the Training & Education of Translators & Interpreters. Standards setter & Rater for Federal level NAJIT Exam. FCICE Oral Exam Trainer.
Leo Dorantes, Texas
Former Student
Certified Interpreter New Mexico, Texas, State Department
Dr. Jose Varela-Ibarra. FCCI
Translator & Trainer
Blanca Gómez, Texas
Former Student
CNN Mexico, Author of a book on Andres Manuel López Obrador, Presidente de México
Key Facts
34
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
4
COUNTRIES
27
BOOKS PUBLISHED
6942
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