School Manager

Luis Alberto Hernández

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Merchantville, NJ 08109-2520

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SUMMARY

* Excellent translation, interpretation and editing skills in both English and Spanish

* Thorough knowledge of the non-profit community of this region

* Solid academic background in Communications and Sociology

* Solid job/volunteering experience with community-based & philanthropic organizations

EMPLOYMENT

Translator of Spanish and Portuguese into English for the journal 2014 -

Latin American Perspectives

Medical/Legal Spanish Interpreter 2013 - present

Independent Contractor w/ Language Services Associates

Language Access Coordinator

(Translator/Interpreter; Coordination of Interpretation Services; Community Relations) 2005 - 2011

Office of Parent, Family & Community Engagement

School District of Philadelphia

Freelance Arts Consultant and Translator 2003 - 2004

Adjunct Professor, Bilingual/Bicultural Studies Program 2003

La Salle University

Curriculum Specialist in Puerto Rican/Latino Studies 2000 - 2002

Office of Curriculum Support

School District of Philadelphia

Program Officer (Arts & Culture/Social Services) 1994 - 1999

The Philadelphia Foundation

Program Coordinator/Editor, Pulso Latino

Asociación de Músicos Latinoamericanos (AMLA) 1989 - 1994

Inlingua School of Languages, Philadelphia, PA 1990 - 1994

Freelance Interpreter

Bookstore Consultant 1988 - 1990

Taller Puertorriqueño, Philadelphia, PA

Voice-over and Narration Announcer for “Crossroads” 1987 - 1990

National Public Radio

Cultural Program Coordinator & Bookstore Manager 1985 - 1988

Taller Puertorriqueño

Health Careers Counselor/Bilingual Interviewer 1980 - 1981

ASPIRA of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Studies in Communications (All but dissertation) 1984 - 1997

Temple University

M.A., Communications (Magna cum Laude) 1981 - 1984

Temple University

B.A., Sociology (Magna cum Laude) 1969 - 1973

University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras

Certificate in Translation Services Summer 2010

La Salle University

Certificate in Arts Management Summer 1990

Arts Extension Services, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Certificate in Translation Services Summer 1989

Inlingua School of Languages

HONORS

* Graduate School Travel Fellowship, Dissertation Research, Temple University, summer 1994

* Fellow, 1993 Latino Graduate Student Qualitative Training Seminar, Southwest Hispanic Research Institute,

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, July 11-24

* Samuel S. Fels Fund Summer Graduate Internship, Taller Puertorriqueño, 1985

* Graduate Assistantship, Temple University, 1981-1984

* Dean’s Honor List, University of Puerto Rico, 1969-1973

LANGUAGES

English, Spanish and Portuguese

HIGHLIGHTS OF COURSES, PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA PROJECTS

* Coordination of the production of the multilingual training video Our Families, our Schools, School District of Philadelphia,

2007.

* “Culture, Education and Social Justice,” a graduate course for Bilingual and ESOL teachers, La Salle University, spring

2003.

* Designed and taught the summer course “The Literary Expressions of the Puerto Rican Experience in the United States,”

Professional Development for Teachers, Department of Curriculum Support, School District of Philadelphia, summer 2002.

* Creator/Coordinator of My Family, my School, my Life, One-month long poetry workshop/Booklet, Hunter Elementary

School, 2002.

* Curriculum guides for the Eugenio María de Hostos Archives, Taller Puertorriqueño, 1996-1998.

* Six poems in Frances Negrón (Ed.), Shouting in a Whisper/Los límites del silencio (Latino Poetry in Philadelphia),

Editorial Asterión, Santiago, Chile, 1995.

* Three poems in the Desde este lado/From This Side, Vol. 1, No., Philadelphia, PA. 1990.

* “The Origins of the Consumer Culture in Puerto Rico: The Pre-Television Years, 1898-1954,”

Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños Bulletin, Vol. III, No. 1, winter 1990-1991, pp. 39-54.

* Columnist, “En la brega cultural,” (Weekly column on Latino cultural affairs), Enfoque Comunal/Community Focus,

Philadelphia, 1986-1989.

* Co-producer of the bilingual radio series, “Voices of Resistance: The Latin American Experience,” WXPN-FM, WRTI-FM

OTHER DATA

* Have served on the boards of: The Seybert Institution, Hispanics in Philanthropy, Free Library of Philadelphia,

Taller Puertorriqueño, WYBE-TV.

* Program Committee Member: 1999 Council of Foundations Annual Conference; 1998 & 1999 Delaware Valley

Grantmakers Annual Conferences

* Member of Review Panels: Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Council on Foundations, Samuel S. Fels Fund, PA

Council on the Arts, New Jersey State Commission for the Arts, New England Foundation for the Arts, Philadelphia Bar

Foundation.

* Keynote Speaker, Arts and Community Award, InterAct Theater Company, April 22, 1999.

* Founding member of the bilingual literary journal Desde este lado/From This Side.

* Founding member and singer of the musical group Siembracanto.

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