Dr. Jennifer Servi-Roberts, third from left, observes, from left, community Spanish-interpreting students Cristal Castaneda of Clayton, Luis Vera of Smithfield and Rita Harrington of Coats as they ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Imagine going to the doctor and not understanding what is being said at your appointment. That's the reality for some East Tennesseans in the Latino community. An East Tennessee ...

James Calderon, right, translates to a defendant during a court hearing Thursday, April 7, 2011. Calderon is a judicial and medical Spanish interpreter. James Calderón sits patiently in a chair in the ...

Many health care workers in the Tri-Cities — from doctors and nurses to those behind a clinic’s front counter — speak more than one language, industry officials and educators say. And they are ...

Anita LaPlaca has a specialty niche in the health-care industry - a medical Spanish interpreter who aids communications between Spanish-speaking patients and doctors at Rainbow Pediatrics at the ...

ST. CLOUD, MINN. - When Adalberto Villalobos was told he was losing his job with the company he'd worked at for nearly 16 years, he didn't get upset. He smiled, packed his belongings in a cardboard ...

You could say that Georgina Hankerson's career was prescribed by her doctor. "I went to my appointment, and she said, 'You're bilingual. Have you ever thought about doing interpreting?' I said, 'Is ...

Debbie Lesser is a catalyst, facilitating crucial conversations taking place in often highly sensitive situations. As a certified medical interpreter for one of the largest health systems in the ...

Imagine you are rushed to the hospital as pain radiates through your chest. Doctors whirl around you, but you don’t know what's happening because everyone is speaking a foreign language. That’s what ...