University Professor (Professore aggregato RUC) of Interpretation and Translation Studies at Università del Salento, until October 2020.
Member of American Translators Association, Ctitical Link International and IMIA.
Past President of the Soroptimist International Club of Lecce, Italy – Currently Delegate, National Advisor and European Mentor.
Vice President and Professional Development Director of Translators4Children.
Trilingual: brought up in Latin America where she attended schools in English and Spanish she graduated from The American School of Lima (Peru), with Honors.
She achieved her interpretation and translation diplomas at Scuola Superiore Interpreti e Traduttori( Rome, Italy) and her university degree 110/110 cum laude in English Language and Literature at La Sapienza University (Rome, Italy).
She began, her interpretation /translation career in Rome working mainly for Italian government institutions, and has been appointed as personal interpreter for Italian and foreign dignitaries (Presidents of the Republic from President S. Pertini to S. Mattarella, Italian Ministers, MPs and PMs) in more than 80 state visits (US:.President Bush, Obama; UK: Queen Elizabeth II; Spain: King Juan Carlos, etc) Interpreter for most Italian and international institutions such as CNR, RAI, Enciclopedia Treccani, ESA, NATO,FAO, IFAD, WFP, NEREUS,etc. * (please ask for a detailed list).
"Professore aggregato/RUC" at the University of Salento (Lecce, Italy), she has taught translation/interpretation at Scuola Superiore per Interpreti e Traduttori in Rome, Università di Lecce (now University of Salento), Libera Università San Pio V in Rome and, ESP at Libera Università Mediterranea Jean Monnet (Bari, Italy).
She has delivered 40+ presentations at several conferences in Italy and abroad on Interpreting Studies among which, four Critical Link Conferences, public service interpreting in Interpreting America (Washington DC), Critical Link International (Toronto, Canada), UAH, (Alcalà,Spain) and University of Graz, (Austria).
Her publications include translations, among which: I Racconti del Tempo del Sogno, Besa Editore, Nardò 2003; Stage Jewels di S. Papi, Electa Mondadori, 2004; Trust in Market Relationships, Sandro Castaldo, (Bocconi University) Edward Elgar Pub.U.K., 2007;
Interpreting Studies, among which: L’interpretariato: antica o nuova professione? UNILE 1,2003; L’annotazione grafica nell’interpretazione consecutiva, in IL VERBO, M.R.Buri, G. Tamburello, I. Tempesta eds.,Congedo, Galatina,2003; La Traduzione Multimediale, in G. Gallo, P. Scoletta eds. LA TRADUZIONE: un panorama interdisciplinare, Besa Editrice, Nardò, 2004; The Critical Link: reflections of a conference interpreter/interpreter trainer on the 4th Critical Link Conference “COMMUNICATE”, 2004, www.aiic.net; The State of the Art of Police Interpreting in a Border Area of the European Union:The Case of Lecce and Brindisi, in Valero Garcés, C. (ed) Translation as Mediation... Publicaciones de la Universidad de Alcalà, Alcalà de Henares, 2005; Dictionary of Diplomacy and International Relations in QUADERNI, ISUFI, Università degli Studi di Lecce, Argo 2005, Lecce; La comunicazione interculturale e il ruolo dell’interprete per i servizi pubblici, Manni, San Cesareo ( Italy), 2012.
Manuale Anamnestico Italiano-Inglese/The Medical Interview, Libellula, Borè Editore, Tricase (lecce), 2015.
Two articles are currently in print.
