Esmeralda Huerta-Villareal
Summary
Gifted Interpreter with aptitude for conveying emotion, style and content of Spanish speakers. Bringing in-depth knowledge of cultural context and idiosyncrasies. Proven ability to provide interpretation quickly and accurately developed over 8 years of experience.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Certified Medical Interpreter
CORE Care And Health Systems Corp
03.2020 - Current
- Serve as medical interpreter for patients and staff clinical encounters by delivering accurate, skilled interpretations to facilitate effective communications.
- Follow ethical codes to protect confidentiality of patient medical information.
- Interpret services to patients and families during process of scheduling initial visit and coordination of ongoing treatment.
- Translate documents about treatment directions and helped non-English speaking patients fill out medical forms.
- Provided cultural input to speakers to help parties who did not speak similar languages communicate with and understand one another.
- Stayed current on new expressions and cultural changes impacting language translation.
- Explain hospital policies and procedures to provide assistance to patients with limited English proficiency.
- Streamline patient and provider interaction by providing channel of effective communication.
- Provide simultaneous interpretation on wellness classes on a weekly basis.
Spanish Interpreter
Bay Area Pain and Wellness Center
01.2016 - 03.2020
- Provide patients with Consecutive Interpretation by accompanying them to Psychology,Wellness, Art Therapy and Exercise classes
- Attend doctor's visits with patients to provide accurate Consecutive Interpretation of conversations between the medical provider and the patient
- Provide oral translations and interpretations of intake forms for patients during initial and post-treatment evaluations , successfully maintaining pace with native speakers to deliver real-time comprehension
- Provide cultural input to medical providers to help both parties communicate and understand one another
- Confers with other colleagues to establish precise understanding of specialized concepts and translate appropriately
Company Owner
Aztec Cleaning Services
02.1997 - Current
- Manage 5 employees by supervising daily tasks.
- Provide exceptional customer service to customers.
- Maximize performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
- Adjust job assignments and schedules to keep pace with dynamic business needs, employee knowledge and customer demands.
- Apply customer feedback to develop and support long-term business needs.
Education
CCHI Certified Spanish Medical Interpreter -
Commission For Health Care Interpreters
2021
Paralegal Studies Certificate -
Evergreen Valley College
San Jose, CA2017
Spanish Translation And Interpretation Certificate -
Evergreen Valley College
San Jose, CA2015
No Degree - School of Law (3 Years)
Universidad Veracruzana
Veracruz, Mexico Skills
- Medical Terminology
- Spanish Interpretation and Translation
- Consecutive Interpretation
- Simultaneous Interpretation
- Sight Translation
- Medical and Legal field knowledge
- Worker's Compensation Vocabulary
- Remote Interpretation
- Knowledge of Ethical Conduct
- Knowledge of Cultural Factors
- HIPAA Compliant
- Proficient in MS Office Software
Languages
SP
Native or Bilingual
Volunteer Experience
Volunteer Legal Spanish Interpreter/Law Foundation of Silicon Valley 2017-2019
- Assist attorneys in communicating with clients with LEP (Limited English Proficiency) in different areas of law mainly housing when it comes to eviction
Volunteer Legal Spanish Interpreter/ Santa Clara University School of Law-Katherine & George Alexander Community Law Center/2016-2019
- Assisted law students under the supervision of an experienced attorney in communicating with clients with LEP (Limited English Proficiency) at the Worker's Rights Clinic.
Timeline
Certified Medical Interpreter
CORE Care And Health Systems Corp
03.2020 - Current
Spanish Interpreter
Bay Area Pain and Wellness Center
01.2016 - 03.2020
Company Owner
Aztec Cleaning Services
02.1997 - Current
CCHI Certified Spanish Medical Interpreter -
Commission For Health Care Interpreters
Paralegal Studies Certificate -
Evergreen Valley College
Spanish Translation And Interpretation Certificate -
Evergreen Valley College
No Degree - School of Law (3 Years)
Universidad Veracruzana
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