Specialization
Politics, literary, financial, trade, IT, international arbitrations, road shows, IPOs, due diligence, retail, telecommunications, environment, mining, energy, advertising, food, agriculture, medical, legal, sports, media, education, food, pharmaceutical.
Experience

CONFERENCE INTERPRETER - 1993 to present
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE - 1996 to present
UNITED NATIONS (Temporary Appointment, UN Secretariat)- 2021 - present
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATIONS- 2000 to present
U.S. FEDERAL COURTS - 1995 to present
STATE SUPERIOR COURTS - 1993 to present

Qualifications

U.S. Department of State - Approved Conference Level
Administrative Office of the Courts, New Jersey - Approved Portuguese (Master level) and
Spanish interpreter (Journeyman level).
American Translators Association (ATA) - Member since 2013
The American Association of Language Specialists (TAALS) - Member since 2013
Pen America - Member since 2012
Conference Interpreting Assignments

United States G7 high-level delegation in Hiroshima Japan, May, 2023

United Nations African Dialog Series, Human Capital, Climate, Energy and Food Systems, May, 2022

United States G20 high-level delegation in Osaka, Japan, June 2019

International Emmy’s Panels- Interpreting for Globo Television nominees, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023

World Business Forum (WOBI) David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, NY, November 2016

Academy Awards nominee dinner with Brazilian director Alê Abreu, Hollywood, CA, February 2016

United Nations, Global Compact Meeting, General Assembly Hall, June, 2015

VEITH Confernnce for cardiologists, Hilton Hotel, NYC, November, 2014

Brazilian pension fund managers meeting with investors at J.P. Morgan, NY, October 2014

Secretary General to the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon, Food security summit, Intercontinental Hotel, NY, September 21, 2010

Award Cermony for Brazilian President Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva, Waldorf Astoria, September 2008 São Paulo

Education
New York University, Bachelor of Arts, January 1990. Majored in Journalism and minored in Spanish.
Personal
Native speaker of Brazilian Portuguese. Fluent in Spanish.
Translations

Books

SERGIO Y.
by Alexandre Vidal Porto
Europa Editions (2016)

LIFE AS IT IS
Selected Short Stories
of Nelson Rodrigues, 314 pgs.
Host Publications (2008)

THE LITTLE CAPOEIRA BOOK
by Nestor Capoeira, 150 pgs.
North Atlantic Books (1995)


Screenplays

BOSSA NOVA
starring Amy Irving (2000).

Member of Pen America since 2012

Winner of Machado de Assis Medal (2016) for outstanding contributions to Brazilian culture.