MARIBEL ALONSO

MARIBEL ALONSO

☎ 305.336.2179

EMAIL: maribelalonso@bellsouth.net 

Maribel was born in Cuba and raised in Spain where she studied English Philology at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 

Upon moving to the United States, she worked, first, in San Diego as a Computational Linguist helping develop the translation software used in Microsoft Word and then moved to Miami where she has been working as an interpreter in the health care, legal and business segments for the last 25 years.

In 2011, she became a State-Certified Court Interpreter in the State of Florida.

Since 2008, she works as a free-lance interpreter for the Miami Immigration Court. 

Maribel is also an interpreter trainer who has prepared hundreds of professional and prospective Interpreters through her successful webinars.

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• STATE CERTIFIED COURT INTERPRETER - Active since 2011 

              Certification # 11-00171 SPA - 12/9/22-12/9/24

• PROFESSIONAL SPANISH INTERPRETER:

               25 years of continuous professional experience 

• IMMIGRATION COURT INTERPRETER:

              Official Interpreter for the MIAMI Immigration Court since 2008

•  MEDICAL, FINANCIAL, INSURANCE and LEGAL TRAININGS facilitator for Language Line Solutions (LLS) for 11 years
  

EDUCATION: English Philology - Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2 years)   

“Interpreters are like the wheel, the airplane, the Internet, the cell phones; we are a major breakthrough in communication; we elicit people from all-over-the-world to feel at home in this melting pot of cultures that is the United States of America, the home of the brave!              

I love my profession and thank God every morning for allowing me to do this!”.

                                                          MARIBEL ALONSO

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