Medical interpreter, Professor

GARRETT FISHER

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Lowell, NC **098

Phone: 786-***-****

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OBJECTIVE: Employment

EDUCATION

University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC

Master of the Arts in Spanish Translation (Current)

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC

Bachelor of Science in Spanish Education May 2010

• GPA 3.73/4.0; GPA in major: 3.79

• Magna Cum Laude

• North Carolina Teaching Fellow

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) Monterrey, MX

Foreign Exchange December 2008

LANGUAGES

English (Native)

Spanish (Fluent)

Portuguese (Intermediate)

French (Basic)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Charlotte Community Health Clinic Charlotte, NC

Medical Interpreter 2013-current

Southwestern Community College Franklin, NC

ESL Professor 2010-2012

Spanish Professor 2012-2012

Franklin High School Franklin, NC

Spanish Teacher 2010-2012

• NC Teaching License

• Interpreter/Translator as needed

• Macon County Spanish instructor for teachers

Vecinos, Inc.

Interpreter/Health Educator

• Interpreted for patients and doctors WNC

• Educated patients on health issues Summer 2010

• Developed Spanish educational materials

• Delivered food

• Transported patients

• Provided ESL services

Subway

Sandwich Artist Sylva, NC

• Helped customers 2007-2009

• Maintained cash register

Aull Printing & Copy Plus Salisbury, NC

Technician 2002-2006

• Completed mass printing orders

• Repaired and adjusted machines

FIELD TRIPS

High Museum of Art in Atlanta, GA

WCU Regional Foreign Language Competition (2011, 2012)

SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Translator/Interpreter

Spanish club

Teacher educator (conducted Spanish workshops for county teachers)

TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE

SDL TRADOS

Rosetta Stone

Promethean Software: tablet, board, expressions

Apple software: iPods, garage band, applications, iPhones

Microsoft office

Online learning: Skype, Quizlet, StudyBlue, and other language learning applications

NCWise

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Technology Workshop, Cherokee, 2011

TPRS Workshop, Atlanta, 2011

Promethean Workshop, Franklin, 2011

CATI Conference, Wilmington, 2013

NC-AATSP Conference (presented), Charlotte, 2013

ICT Language Learning Conference (presented), Florence, Italy, 2013

ESTABLISHED ABROAD COMMUNICATION FOR STUDENTS

La Paz, Bolivia (Skype, email, v-mail)

Ecuador (email)

Panamá (email)

Costa Rica (email)

ABROAD EXPERIENCE

Mexico: Studied at Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), 2008

Costa Rica: Teaching Fellows educational trip, 2008

Dominican Republic

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Jackson County Sheriff’s Department (teaching Spanish to police officers), Sylva, 2007

Smoky Mountain High School (tutored individually for Spanish class), Sylva, 2006

Estrella Brillante, Cullowhee Valley School and Fairview Elementary, 2006

Cullowhee Valley Fall Festival, Cullowhee, 2006

WCU Foreign Language Competition, Cullowhee, 2008

HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

Golden Key Honors Society 2013

Dean’s List- 6 times

Service Learning Award

Leading Light Award (exemplary integration of service learning)

Outstanding Prospective Teacher Award

Spanish House

Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society

Member of the Board of Directors of the College of Arts and Science

WORKS AND MORE

Transcription and Translation for Street Art publication 2013

“Taking the Next Step with TPRS: iPod Integration” 2013

Human rights brochures in Spanish for Vecinos Inc. 2010

“La trata laboral y la trata sexual: ayuda durante un momento difícil” 2010

Interpreted an interview in Spanish for Time Magazine 2011

Taught Spanish course at Jackson County Public Library 2012

Judge for NC Teaching Fellows 2011

*Letters of recommendation are available upon request.

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