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How to Have a Profitable Career as an Interpreter & Translator with Laura Valdes

In this Career Spotlight episode, Laura Valdes, founder of Valdes Language Services, shares her career journey and insight as a skilled linguist and owner of a language services agency. Laura, whose love for languages and bridging communication gaps was influenced …

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7 Essential Tips for First-Generation Job Seekers

Challenges abound for first-generation Americans – those whose parents came to the U.S. from another country or came themselves and became citizens. From learning the language and adapting to the American culture to facing discrimination and having to forge a path …

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Alumni Connections

  • Washington, DC
  • Head, Accident Analysis Brookhaven National Laboratory
Meet Mohsen
  • Lancaster, MA
  • Innovation Management Lead Siemens Healthineers USA
Meet Anny
  • Former EPA Office of Policy Chief of Staff US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Meet Josh
  • Senior Vice President, Product Delivery Qmulos
Meet Christine
Meet Heftzi
  • Boca Raton, FL
  • Director Marketing Communications Engage PEO
Meet Camille
  • New York, NY
  • Marketing and Sales Leader Campbell Soup Company, The
Meet Mem
Meet May

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