About

My first interpretation job was informally at church.

I grew up helping my sister at church, who was the professional interpreter. When she moved abroad, she handed me an assignment that she couldn't cover — a wedding — and I had to rent the equipment myself. The agency that rented it to me kept my number, and a couple of weeks later called me for a professional event in Marine Biology and the Mesoamerican Reef Barrier. The owner, an excellent interpreter, took me under her wing and from that day forward, she sharpened my abilities and techniques I still use today.

Around the same time, in school, I started volunteering as an interpreter on medical missions. Within less than a year I went from "just another interpreter" to coordinating the groups locally — logistics, communication, interpreting, sites to visit, and more. I did this for the next ten years, working with all kinds of groups, not just medical ones.

That pattern repeated in everything that came after: interpretation, event production, tour coordination — and at some point, I developed my own coffee blend that I wanted to export. That need was the seed of what later became UTZ Means Good.

Today I'm one of the lead interpreters at Spanish Solutions, which — literally — takes me wherever the work is. That's why I split my time between Antigua, Guatemala and other countries: Antigua is home, everywhere else is where work takes me.

I keep building things — RoadRunner, B&B Imports, whatever comes next — because connecting pieces that didn't seem connected is, honestly, what I do best. Whether that's in an interpretation booth, a spreadsheet, or a conversation that needs a different kind of translation.