LOURDES FERNANDEZ
8638 Harding Ave. Apt. 504, Miami Beach, FL 33141 • 305-342-7211 • lourdesbcfernandez@gmail.com
TRANSLATOR │ INTERPRETER │ EDITOR
FULLY BILINGUAL ENGLISH AND SPANISH JOURNALISM AND TRANSLATION PROFESSIONAL PROFICIENT IN MS OFFICE; HTML; XML; PDF;
AP STYLE; APA; SDL TRADOS; SOCIAL MEDIA; MULTIMEDIA, MANAGING A FULL PUBLICATION CYCLE, SUBSTANTIVE EDITING AND
PRODUCTION; SPECIAL EXPERTISE IN DAILY, WEEKLY AND MONTHLY PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING EXTENSIVE RESEARCH, INTERVIEWING,
INVESTIGATIVE AND LAYOUT SKILLS.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Freelance Translator/Interpreter (Miami Beach, FL) | 2008-Present
 Contractor for Language Line Services, ProTranslating, TransPerfect Remote Interpreting.
 Translating documents from Spanish to English and from English to Spanish for clients such as New Visions for
Public Schools in New York City, Joint Special Operations Medical Training, the Miami Realtors Association,
and the National Association of Realtors, among others.
 Translating experience includes health care, research, legal, real estate, construction and personal
documents.
Spanish-English Interpreter/ Language Line Services (Alexandria, VA) | 2010-Current
 Interpreting phone calls between Spanish-speaking callers and English-speaking clients.
 Clients included police department 911 operators, financial institutions, federal agencies, doctor’s offices,
insurance companies and hospitals.
 Certified to interpret medical, scientific, legal, insurance, banking, criminal and federal agency terms from
Spanish to English and from English to Spanish.
Bureau of National Affairs (Arlington, VA) | Reporter, Editor | 2008─2010
 Editing, rewriting, and proofreading all articles for a leading trade publication on occupational safety and
health, and environmental issues in Congress and agencies at the state and federal level.
 Reporting on issues covering health care, chemical safety, occupational safety, and the Food and Drug
Administration.
 Developing leads, news sources and managing the entire process of assembling the newsletter, from
reporting and assigning news stories to editing and doing the final issue layout.
 Assigning and editing news stories for a website with a daily deadline.
 Managing a 10-person staff of reporters and correspondents.
 Developing ideas and finding experts for online webinars on health and safety issues.
Inside Washington Publishers (Arlington, VA) | Managing Editor and Reporter | 2005─2008
 Reporting, editing, rewriting, and proofread all articles for a leading trade publication on occupational
health and safety issues.
 Reporting on issues covering health care, transportation, chemical safety, occupational safety, and the
Food and Drug Administration, mining health and safety.
 Maintaining and daily updating the publication’s website.
 Developing leads, new sources and managing the entire process of assembling the newsletter, from
reporting and assigning news stories to copy editing and final issue layout.
 Managing a three-person reporting staff.
InsideHealthPolicy.com/Inside OSHA (Arlington, VA) | Associate Editor (Reporter) | 2004─2005
 Editing websites for Inside OSHA, FDA Week, and Inside CMS, which cover occupational safety, the Food and
Drug Administration, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, respectively.
 Sourcing secondary content to accompany articles on the website.
 Reporting and writing stories on occupational health and safety issues as well as drug policy and issues.
The Miami SunPost (Miami, FL) | Reporting Intern | 2003─2004
 Covering education and health issues for a local Miami daily newspaper with a readership of over 50,000.
 Writing stories on problems facing the educational system, and health issues in the community.
LOURDES FERNANDEZ
8638 Harding Ave. Apt. 504, Miami Beach, FL 33141 • 305-342-7211 • lourdesbcfernandez@gmail.com
The Beacon (Miami, FL) | Writer | 2002─2003
 Writing articles for the Zona Spanish section of the Florida International University student paper.
EDUCATION
Florida International University (Miami, FL) | MS in Communications | 2004
Florida International University (Miami, FL) | BA in International Relations
Saint Louis University-Madrid Campus (Spain)| One year study abroad
TECHNICAL SKILLS
SDL Trados; MS Office; HTML; XML; PDF; proficient in AP style, APA style.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
National Association of Hispanic Journalists | Society of Professional Journalists | American Translators Association|
Editorial Freelancers Association