Breaking Language Barriers

Lluvia is amazing!  OC Action has used her as an interpreter in public convenings and community meetings and to translate important documents where conveying the right meaning is critical to the project’s success.  She has excelled in both and is vital to our successful engagement of immigrant communities in Orange County.  Lluvia is an important and valued partner!

Dan Ichinose

Research Director

OC Action

I’ve had the pleasure of working with Lluvia as an interpreter for 5 years. She is professional, warm, and flexible, and meets the deadlines that our learning sessions require. We continue to hire her for that professionalism and because she’s become a valued team player among our other interpreters (Arabic and Spanish speaking), my colleagues at the Learning Policy Institute, and our Zoom support team. Lluvia has supported our learning sessions with written translation of our events’ invitations, PowerPoint slide decks, summaries, and also day of simultaneous Spanish interpretation services.  Lluvia is passionate about language justice and providing the highest quality content to Spanish speakers. We are grateful for her continued support in making it possible for Spanish-speaking parent leaders to engage in school transformation through our learning series.

Jessica Barajas

 Learning Policy Institute

"I enjoy working with Lluvia! She makes the time to understand our work to provide accurate and culturally relevant and affirming interpretation and translation. We've worked with Lluvia for both translation of materials and formal documents, and live and recorded interpretation, in-person and over zoom, for community meetings, workshops, leadership trainings, and public events. We look forward to many more years of partnership with Lluvia and her team."

Sylvia Arredondo

Civic Engagement Director

Communities for a Better Environment & CBE Action 

"We have worked with Lluvia on translating several technical documents and received Lluvia’s services on interpreting live online and in-person events. Throughout, Lluvia has demonstrated attention to detail and a commitment to making our materials and events accessible to non-English speakers. We’ve benefitted from her flexibility and willingness to adjust as our events evolve. We feel lucky to have Lluvia as a partner."

Leo Goldberg

CA Community Landtrust Network

"Lluvia is a wonderful interpreter and translator to work with! She is dedicated to her work and committed to uplifting language justice in all settings. She adapts to changing circumstances and needs with flexibility and adaptability and provides excellent reflections on how to make an event more inclusive. She is always a delightful and steadfast presence in our spaces and we appreciate her work very much!"

Emma Silber

Climate Justice Associate 

Physicians for Social Responsibility Los Angeles 

"Lluvia is professional, accessible and thorough in her work. She understands the complex needs of facilitating language justice online, in small groups or in large, in-person forums, and she supports you from planning to implementation. Lluvia is equipped with reliable interpretation devices and is skilled at relay interpretation to support 3 or more languages at a single event. Overall, Lluvia is a joy to work with. She is kind, relatable and just the person to help make your meetings and events a success." 

Ana Siria Urzúa

Executive Director

Cooperación Santa Ana