upshifting my life, one passion at a time

Born: 1963, in Córdoba, Argentina
Citizenship: American, born in Argentina
Languages: Spanish, English
Lived where: Peru, Argentina, United States
Currently living: Thousand Oaks, CA
Graduate studies: Master's in Audiovisual Translation (ongoing)
Other studies: completed graduate courses in Translation Studies; 8-month broadcasting course
Listens to: Mozart, Deep Forest, Café del Mar, Pat Metheny, Enya, Big Band jazz, Les Luthiers, Earl Klugh, Alanis Morissette, Acoustic Alchemy, Joe Sample, Dave Grusin...and Gorillaz occasionally
Hobbies: digital photography, reading dictionaries, visiting flea markets
Currently reading: Chomsky's Hegemony or Survival, Jorge Lanata's Argentinos, Stavans' Spanglish, Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, Pigna's Los mitos de la historia argentina II, El lenguaje de las ciencias
Recent vacations: Ushuaia, Argentina; San Diego & New York City, USA
Last conferences attended: ATA Conference (San Francisco, CA), Oct-Nov 2007
Favorite quote: The original is unfaithful to the translation (Jorge L. Borges)
Favorite cities: New York City, Seattle, Barcelona
Favorite movies: When Harry Met Sally..., Space Cowboys, The Matrix, Lost in Translation
Favorite thing to tell a client: Here's the finished job...three days ahead of schedule.
Professional goal: A freelance translator first, a translation teacher second, a language lover always.