Fast facts:

American Spanish to English translator and proofreader since 2006. I worked on staff at BCG (business strategy consulting) for six years and since 2014 I've been self-employed. I am a registered freelancer ("autónoma") and can issue invoices in Spain/EU.

Long(er) story:

I've been living in Madrid, Spain since 2003. I studied Spanish at Skidmore College, where I graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa and with Periclean Honors (3.73 GPA). After moving to Spain I got a certificate in Translation at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2006), and started a doctorate in European Literature, although I had to drop it in my second year after being offered an attractive job at The Boston Consulting Group as an in-house translator in 2008. There I have come into contact with a wide range of materials, touching on everything from management strategies to alternative energies, and taking on all kinds of linguistic tasks including standard translations and ESL proofreading as well as writing up reports from notes, drawing up letters and taking on major editing jobs to produce publishable text. Working at BCG I translated a huge amount of text, racking up almost a million words a year and I also cultivated my customer service skills and learned how to do high quality-high speed translations.