Maria Cristina Beato-Lanz

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Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240

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Education

Doctor of Creative Arts, Writing

University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

March 2010

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology and Drama

Southwest Texas State University

San Marcos, Texas

June 1975

Employment History

1988 to Present Freelance writer, transcriber, translator

For the past 30 years I have worked freelance for various projects in television, marketing, radio, journalism, and academia. A list of these is available upon request.

May 2011 Translator, short project (Spanish)

Panoscan. Inc.

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2005 to 2009 Transcript typist

Legal Transcripts Pty Ltd Sydney

104 Bathurst St, 4th Floor

Sydney New South Wales 2000 Australia

011-***-**** 0277 (Supervisor Winnie David)

2005 Tell me, Cuba

Documentary Feature by Megan Williams

Translator, transcriber

2002 to 2005 Writer/Editor/Coordinator/Educator

Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women

Youth Violence Prevention Educator

Teaching life-skills curriculum to incarcerated female minors

Co-writing two government-funded curricula:

“In Touch With Kids,” parenting curriculum

“In Touch With Girls,” life-skills training for female minors in detention

Editing, proofreading, updating research and re-writing

existing curriculum for teen violence prevention education (“In Touch With Teens”)

Coordinating staff presentations at juvenile halls & camps

1997-1999Substitute Teacher

Los Angeles Unified School District

Taught all subject areas except Maths, in both English and Spanish

1995 to 1996 Investigator/ Report Writer

Worldwide Intelligence Network (supervisor Robert Mann, President)

Assisted with private investigation cases taken by the firm; did case intake and management; wrote interim and final case reports; liaison between attorney clients and company president; Spanish interpreting and translation.

1990 to 1994 Investigator/ Report Writer

Douglas Baldwin & Associates, Inc. (supervisor Doug Baldwin)

Performed all aspects of private investigation casework in civil matters – interviewing witnesses; taking statements; skiptracing; on-site investigations and photographs; subpoena service; report writing; sub rosa; Spanish interpreting and translation.

1984 to 1986 Writer/ Editor/ Translator

Videosyncrasy Productions

Writer, editor, and translator for radio and television Commercials for major retail clients, such as Nabisco, Jell-O, Quaker Oats, Black & Decker, Scott Paper and Players Clubs.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Bilingual English/Spanish

Fluent in written and spoken Spanish.

Computer skills

Type 100 wpm, Mac and PC, Microsoft Word and WordPerfect, Internet and database research skills.

Member Writers Guild of America, west

Member Australian Writers Guild

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