Healthcare Interpreter Certification Setting the Course for the Next 15

Mateo Rutherford worked as the manager for Interpreting Services at UCSF Health for 12 years launching multiple language improvement programs: bilingual clinician & staff competency testing, VRI services, and a document translation portal, to name a few. He has master’s degrees in Biology-UC Berkeley and Spanish Interpretation/Translation-Monterey Institute of International Studies. He has been a freelance conference interpreter since 1987 in the US, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. He taught university courses on translation and interpretation in Ecuador and currently is part-time faculty at Laney College. He has also taught molecular & cell biology, and disease prevention, and presented at conferences throughout the US, Central America, and the Caribbean. Mateo is the current Secretary for CCHI and a Spanish CHI.