Civilian Arabic Translator for US Troops in Iraq
L-3 Communications
Total years of experience :13 years, 6 Months
• Civilian Arabic Translator for US Troops in Iraq. January 2008 to December 2011. I worked as a civilian translator for private defense contractor L-3 Communications. I was hired to participate in the linguist support program aimed at supporting the linguistic needs of the deployed US troops in Iraq. My assignments were in camp Taji and camp Victory where I participated in missions, performed oral interpretations in different types of settings, did document examination and translated training modules in word and power point formats.
Duties revolved around the academic, social and personal well being of students. These duties included but were not limited to providing schedules, making schedule changes whenever appropriate and necessary, providing post secondary information and options. Other duties included classroom visitations, test proctoring, arranging parent teacher conferences and coordinating the end of year graduation ceremony. I also participated in different workshops designed to provide extra information to help the school and the community as a whole.
• Customer Service Representative at the Hertz Corporation in Orlando, Florida. From December 2000 to September 2004. This is the job I held while attending graduate school. Duties included performing car rental transactions, selling optional services such as additional coverage and solving client complaints.
• Practicum Intern at UCF in Orlando, Florida. Fall of 2003.I worked as a supervised counselor in the UCF counseling center. This was one of the requirements I had to meet as a graduate student. My counseling sessions were with children, couples and adults and they were all filmed, reviewed and evaluated. I also worked with at risk juveniles at CEP (Community Education Partners), which is an alternative school for at risk students, located in Orlando.
• Cultural Exchange Participant in the Walt Disney World International Program in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. From June 1995 to June 1996, and from September 1997 to February 1999. I was hired from my native Morocco to partake of Epcot Center's exchange program. I represented Morocco at its exhibit by working in the merchandise stores, giving guided tours to visitors and taking part in several cultural events around the Disney parks that were geared towards making people familiar with the culture and history of Morocco. Part of this unique program was sharing an apartment with other representatives of other countries such as Germany, Italy and Canada. The program also offered a variety of opportunities for further education and seminars pertaining to the fields of business, computers and the Disney culture in general.
Gaps: The periods unaccounted for were either periods of unemployment or periods in which I had short term jobs.
• Master's of Arts in Education (guidance and school counseling track) from the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. Date of graduation is December of 2004.
• Bachelor's of Arts in Linguistics and English as a second language (ESOL) from the University of Arts And Human Sciences in Casablanca, Morocco. Date of graduation is June 1994.