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KEY SKILLS

*Languages: completely Bilingual English & Spanish. Italian 70%. Translate documents from English, French, Portuguese, Italian into Spanish and from Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian into English. Latin instrumental.

*Computer: proficient in MS-Word for Windows, PowerPoint, FrontPage and DreamWeaver. Internet usage. User of Xara 3D. Basic usage of AutoCAD 2D/3D, Macromedia FreeHand, FireWorks and Flash.

*Organizational: completed first year of the Master’s Degree in External Relations at the Academy of Top Diplomatic Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela with a Grade Point Average of 18/20 while teaching English for International Communication at the IUDAG College of Administration and Management (Caracas 2001) and others.

*Curriculum: presented Academic Research to promote my Master’s Degree thesis: the Importance of Languages for the Venezuelan External Relations at the Beginning of the 21^st  Century; also presented the Design of a Trilingual Program in Spanish, English, and French to the Universidad Latinoamericana y del Caribe in conjunction with the West Indies University and L’Université de Antilles et de la Guyane; also presented the Basic Design & Curriculum of the IUTCOM College of Communication and Technology to the Venezuelan Ministry of Advanced Education (project approved in July 2005).

*Interpersonal: credible professional in the field of Linguistics (specialist in English Phonetics), English Language Teaching, and Translation in English & Spanish. Excellent research skills oriented to language-related issues.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

*Translator & Proofreader (English and Spanish). NOC: 5125.1.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Venezuela. January 2005 to present.

*English as a Second Language Instructor. NOC: 4131.

Fundación Universidad De Oriente–FundaUDO Puerto La Cruz. June 2004 to December 2004.

*Contractor of the National Institute for Educative Cooperation (INCE) of Venezuela. NOC: 4131. through my Company: English and Spanish Bilingual Training Center. January 2004 to June 2004.

*English as a Second Language Instructor. NOC: 4131.

Repsol YPF Venezuela, through a Services Contractor: Global Consultant Corporation–International Educational Coordination Bureau, Miami, U.S.A. and Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. January 2003 to December 2003.

*English as a Second Language Instructor. NOC: 4131.

IUDAG College of Administration and Management, Caracas. November 2001 to December 2002.

AREAS OF INTERESTS / EXPERTISE

* Human Engineering, Training and Development: study, analyze and apply methods to develop and utilize human skills for technical processes and/or operations

* Editorial and Translation Services: Quality Assurance

* General / Applied Linguistics

* Computer-aided learning / teaching

* Multilingualism / Multicultural issues

                HONORS AND AWARDS

*Assistant Coach, weightlifting. Universidad De Oriente-Venezuela. Cumana 1986.

*Assistant Instructor, Intensive English. Languages Laboratory Universidad De Oriente - Venezuela. Cumana 1990.

*Design and Curriculum of a brand new career in Venezuela (1996): University Technician in Languages with Mention in English for the IUTSO College of Technology (approved on 01 December 1999 by the Ministry of Education of Venezuela and taught in Puerto La Cruz).

*Approved to enter Post-Degree Program in Educational Informatics by Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, 2002.

                QUALIFICATIONS

*Bachelor of Education, English as a Second/Foreign Language

Universidad De Oriente – Venezuela (12 February 1992). Grade Point Average = 8.04/10.  Rank = First out of ten.

*High School Graduate of Sciences

J.A. Anzoategui High School. Barcelona, Venezuela. 1984.

                CAREER GOAL

*To promote and support an exceptional and positive social change by delivering a comprehensive second / foreign language acquisition experience along with intercultural communication and literacy oriented to living, learning, and working where proficiency in a second / foreign language is a highly significant factor to succeed.

                VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

*Martial Arts Instructor, Kung-fu and Tae Kwon-Do. NOC: 4131.

Black Belt – First Degree, through my School of Kung Fu: Fire Dragon/ School of Kung Fu/ The Warrior’s Way. Web site: http://esc-kung-fu-guerrero.tripod.com/

                *NOTE: NOC = National Occupational Classification Code of Canada.

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