March is gearing up to be a huge month for me! I will be giving a presentation to Spanish-speaking community members entitled "Know Your Rights: Language Assistance in the Medical Field" (translated from Spanish title). Furthermore, I'll be giving a lecture, "Medical Interpretation in Richmond and Special Considerations for the LGBTQ Community" (translated from Spanish title; presentation in...
Driver’s Licenses for All Lobby Day 2020
This past Thursday, January 9, I participated in Drive Virginia Forward's lobby day for driver's licenses for all at the state capital. At this time, undocumented Virginia residents cannot be issued a driver's license, which has a huge negative impact on their lives. As I detailed in a previous article, many undocumented Virginians rely on raiteros for rides, who can be highly unreliable and...
Predatory Interpretation
It happened to me again today. This time there was a scheduling snafu and I was assigned to one child and another interpreter was assigned to the sibling. The mother began to share with the both of us that she didn’t know it was her right to have an interpreter provided to her and her children until very recently. She expressed that she sees flyers all the time in tiendas latinas...