Position:
Project Director / Associate Producer at Idea Caption LLC, Associate Member / US Representation at BIODIVERSA COLOMBIA FOUNDATION
Location:
Greater Philadelphia Area
Work:
Idea Caption LLC
- Greater Philadelphia Area since Apr 2011
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Project Director / Associate Producer
BIODIVERSA COLOMBIA FOUNDATION
- Colombia since Jan 2006
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Associate Member / US Representation
ILTC/Programa Crianças Criativas (Creative Children Program)
- Brazil / USA Feb 2002 - Jun 2012
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Interpreter and Translator / US Representation
Lingual Institute
- Greater Philadelphia Area Feb 2011 - May 2012
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Portuguese Teacher / Portuguese Translator
TransPerfect Translations
- Greater Philadelphia Area Jun 2010 - May 2012
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Interpreter (English/Spanish/Portuguese)
Global Arena
- Greater Philadelphia Area May 2009 - Oct 2011
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Interpreter (English/Spanish/Portuguese)
Assurant Solutions
Jun 2007 - Apr 2010
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Multilingual Claims Representative
Assurant Solutions
- 676 E Swedesford Road, Suite 300. Wayne, PA 19087 May 2009 - Jun 2009
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Bilingual Trainer / Training Assistant
SurNeotropica Corporation
Feb 2005 - Apr 2007
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Research and Project Director
Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Instituto de Ciencias Naturales
- University Main Campus, Bogota, Colombia Jan 2002 - Mar 2007
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Arachnology Field and Lab Assistant
Education:
La Salle University 2010 - 2012
MA, Bilingual/Bicultural Studies
Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts 2010 - 2010
Certification, Courts interpreter workshop
Universidad Nacional de Colombia 1994 - 2004
Bachelor of Science, Biology
INSTITUTO BUTANTAN 2003 - 2003
Internship, Natural History of Neotropical Tarantulas
Skills:
Languages, Environmental Science, Translation, Life Sciences, Planning, Communication Strategies, Research, Spanish, Training & Development, Project Planning, Strategic Communications, Lifesciences, Employee Training, Data Analysis
Honor & Awards:
RESEARCH GRANTS: Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society - "2003 Grant-in-Aid of Research"
CONGRESSES & SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
IV Meeting of South American Arachnologists. São Pedro, Brazil. 2003
Presentation: Taxonomy and geographical distribution of Theraphosidae tarantulas in Colombia.
Poster: Redescription of tarantula Hapalopus formosus. Rogerio Bertani, Juan Jacobo Jiménez.
II Colombian Congress of Zoology – Arachnology Symposium. Santa Marta, Colombia. 2006
Arachnology Symposium Coordinator.
Presentation: Tarantulas - Present status in Colombia.
Presentation: History of the research on the Order Araneae in Colombia.
Languages:
Spanish, Portuguese, English
Certifications:
Research Projects: development and management, IPÊ AMARELO
Courts interpreter workshop, Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts