Awards, Service and Honors United States DHHS Office of Minority Health, Advisor on First Responders Cultural Competence Curriculum, 2007- 2009 American Translators Association Committee on Interpreter Certification, 2007 - Present  National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators, Advocacy Committee, 2007 - Present  Pfizer Quality Health Forums, Member of National Speaker's Bureau, 2008 - Present National Council on Interpreting in Health Care, Board Member and Outreach Committee Co-Chair, 2006 - 2008 Expert Panel on Interpreter Certification, University of Minnesota, 2007  U.S. Fulbright Scholar, Sociolinguistics, Ecuador, 2001 - 2002