Edmundo de la Garza

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Seattle, WA 98103

cell: 206-***-****

Email: acf5k5@r.postjobfree.com

QUALIFICATIONS

I have worked as an interpreter since 2002 as both an independent agent and

as a staff member at Seattle Children's Hospital. The primary challenges I

have faced have been more the ongoing processes of building and updating a

technical vocabulary, and sensitizing myself to the diversity of

personalities and backgrounds of those for whom I interpret and the

intensity of the circumstances surrounding their communication needs.

EDUCATION

1984-1988 Music, Northland College

1989-1991 Philosophy, Creighton University

EMPLOYMENT

. March 2008-April 2014 Spanish Interpreter at Seattle Children's

Hospital

. 2002-2008 Independent agent, medical interpreter

. 1999-2002 Program Director, Latona School Associates

Designed a theme-based curriculum with a team of teachers at an on-site

before and after school program; liaison to school faculty in order to

compliment academic curriculum; developed supplemental programming as a

resource for teachers; designed, planned, staffed, and solely directed the

summer program.

. 1996-1998 Lead Teacher, Kids' Company worked with fourth and fifth

grade students using a game-based curriculum exclusively.

. 1995-1999 Accounts Manager, Tiger Sails, Inc.

Researched, contracted and cultivated artisan contacts in Chile and Peru;

contracted foreign agent to assist with quality control, freight packaging

and voucher verification; in house customs brokering; vendor contact and

troubleshooting.

. 1990-1995 During this period I decided to no longer teach in a formal

academic setting. Rather, I took the initiative and pursued interests

gained during and before college: independently contracting cooking classes

with park districts in Illinois, while continuing to cater for two Chicago

restaurants; directing a summer camp; leading canoe river adventures with

at-risk inner-city teenagers; working as a private investigator with

Hayward and Atkinson in Chicago; and a variety of volunteer positions.

RELATED SKILLS

- Fluent in Spanish (DSHS medical certification, MC7168); atrophied fluency

in French

- Proficiency with and trainer in MS Office software

- Extensive data base management

- Curriculum development and teaching

- Pamphlet, magazine and newspaper editing and publishing

- Soccer coach for a U16 girl's team

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