JULY**** */* MILAGROS CHAVEZ

Milagros Chavez is a seasoned professional with strong

organizational skills, experienced in administration, international business, and translation/ interpretation services with over 25 years of distinguished performance in both corporate and educational environments.

FIELDS OF COMPETENCE

• Legal Translator and Interpreter (English & Spanish pairs): legal documents and contracts, interpreter mostly in legal and US Immigration related settings, and Court Interpreter in court hearings (Family law, Immigration law, among others).

• Technical translator (English & Spanish pairs),

specializing in reports and documents in the

environmental sciences: hydrology, biology,

biodiversity, air quality, geology, ecosystem services, traffic, flora, fauna, forestry, meteorology and climate change, social and economic impacts, industrial health and safety, among others.

• General office management and administration. Payroll and HR recordkeeping

• Document coordination.

Computer Skills

• Microsoft Office applications: Word, Power Point, Excel, Outlook, and Publisher.

• Adobe Acrobat Pro, STOE (Video-captioning

software), File Center, Abby Finereader (Document

management software).

Languages

• English (oral and written proficiency) Spanish

(native)

Education

• BA in International Studies, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela, 1979

Certifications

- Registered Spanish Interpreter approved by the Court Interpreter Certification Board and recorded in the registry of Court Interpreters for the Florida Court System.

- -On track to obtain the State of Florida Court

Interpreter Certification

- Certified Spanish Immigration Court Interpreter. Southern California School of Interpretation. USA, 2019-2020.

Recent courses (completed):

• Over-the-phone Interpreting Strategies for Success. De la Mora Institute of Interpretation. USA, 2020

WORK EXPERIENCE

Freelance Translator & Interpreter (English to Spanish, Spanish to English). From 2011 to the present date, completed over 100 translations of documents, reports and technical notes mostly in scientific / environmental related topics. More recently focusing on the translation of legal and U.S. immigration documents. As interpreter assists Spanish speakers in USCIS immigration

interviews and court hearings.

SOS International – since March 2020. Independent

Contractor – Spanish Immigration Court Interpreter 300 Engineering Group, PA. Office Manager. From

August 2015 March 2018. General office management

and human resources.

3Play Media – April 2018 thru December 2018 Independent contractor- Video transcription, captioning and

subtitling (Spanish).

Environmental Resources Management (ERM).

Translator & Administrative Assistant 2. From August 2011 to July 2015.

Private environmental consultancy business with

projects worldwide. Translations of an array of

technical reports to clients in the US, Central and South America and Europe, as well as report formatting.

Milagros Chavez

Translator and Interpreter /Administrative

Assistant

9300 Fontainebleau Blvd., Apt. 110,

Miami, Florida 33172

Mobile: 786-***-****

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Florida International University- Southeast

Environmental Research Center (SERC). College of Arts and Sciences. Research Coordinatpr. From September 2010 thru July 2011.

Brastrading Inc, import/export and trading company. From September 2009 to May 2010. Executive- Assistant. Alliance for a New Humanity, international non-profit organization. From October 2008 to June 2009. Regional Director for Outreach in South America and Assistant to the office of the CEO.

Florida International University, Miami Fl–From July 2005 to September 2008. Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute (AMERI): From July 2005 to April 2006. Coordinator of Research Programs.

University of Miami, July 2004 – July 2005. Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Miami FL. Research Associate. From July 2005- March 2006.

Other professional experience further back in time is available upon request.

OUTSTANDING PROJECTS:

• “Confronting Climate Uncertainty in Water Resources Planning and Project Design: The Decision Tree

Framework” for the World Bank Group. Translator of the book from English to Spanish. 2017.

• Health and Safety Manual for Georgia Pacific. Principal translator on ERM’s translation team. 2015-2016.

• Nicaragua Interoceanic Canal Project- Environmental Impact Assessment – for HKND Group. Assistant to

Project Manager and member of core translation

and reviewing team of an 11,000-page report. 2013- 2015

• Technical Notes and Case Studies (18 reports) for the Water and Sanitation Division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). Sole translator from

English to Spanish. Ongoing since 2014.

CERTIFICATIONS

• Registered Court Interpreter in the Florida State Courts System; (currently in track to obtain the

Florida Court Interpreter Certification).

• Certified Immigration Court Interpreter by SOS

International

MEMBERSHIPS

• Association of Translators and Interpreters of

Florida.

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES

- Dr. Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm – Dean of the College of Science. George Mason University,

adgfhd@r.postjobfree.com – 305-***-****

- Dr. Mauro Nalesso PhD - Water and Sanitation Lead Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank -

Washington DC- adgfhd@r.postjobfree.com – 202-***-****

- Mr. Alberto Vega MSc - Partner, Environmental

Resources Management, Miami-Florida – (305) 302-

0124 - adgfhd@r.postjobfree.com

- Adriana Kostencki, Immigration Attorney, Nelles

Kostencki, PLLC. adgfhd@r.postjobfree.com (786) 683-

0196

- Maria C. Cifuentes, Immigration Attorney

adgfhd@r.postjobfree.com 305-***-****

- Rosa M. Tunon, Florida Registered Paralegal,

Brinkley Morgan, adgfhd@r.postjobfree.com

954-***-****,

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