KGH Interpretation Spanish-English Medical & Mental Health Interpretation

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NCIHC AMM Language Access Café Summary: LGBTQ-Affirming Interpretation Services

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I had both the pleasure and privilege to facilitate a session of the Language Access Café at the 2021 Annual Membership Meeting of the National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare. This year’s theme was Trauma, Language, and Social Justice, and I was asked if I could lead a discussion on interpreting for the LGBTQ community. It felt so appropriate and timely to center this discussion...

Examining Personal Biases as an Interpreter

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Unfortunately, I have had many a patient disclose to me that healthcare professionals, including interpreters have made disparaging remarks or not interpreted in an impartial fashion. Any patient can experience such judgment as the result of the personal biases of any member of their healthcare team, and it can have especially serious consequences for the LEP (limited English proficient) patient...

Predatory Interpretation

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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...

KGH Interpretation Spanish-English Medical & Mental Health Interpretation

Kelly (Grzech) Henriquez

I am a Certified Medical/Healthcare Interpreter (CMI-Spanish, CHI-Spanish) and a medical interpreter trainer. I work as an independent contractor in the greater Richmond, Virginia area as a Spanish-English medical interpreter. Click here to read more about me.

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