Interpreting For Healthcare Episode 6 with Xiomara Armas
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The one where Xiomara Armas confesses why one might call her a dreamer, but reveals that she is definitely not the only one.
Xiomara shared her career transition experience from the finance industry to the interpreting field when she came to the US from Venezuela over 20 years ago and the steps leading to her volunteering for NBCMI.
Xiomara has also mentioned the biggest accomplishments of the NBCMI highlighting the certification and scholarship programs for aspiring medical interpreters as the initiatives she is most proud of.
Eliana, Maria and Xiomara discussed all the advantages a single national certification body could bring to the table and tackled the idea of promoting high school and college training programs for the new generation of interpreters.
If you want to know how the laws of physics, acceleration and velocity could benefit the medical interpreter profession, and why synergy is a key to opening the right doors, listen to what Xiomara has to say.
Tune in to our podcast #6 to keep pace with the evolution of the interpreter profession!
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