I speak both Dutch and Portuguese at the native speaker level and also interpret for Brazilian-Portuguese speakers.

After being sworn in in 1994, I started working as an interpreter-translator. I have extensive experience interpreting for notaries and health care institutions. I have also worked extensively for the judiciary, police and in the legal profession. In the context of legal aid requests, I have been abroad several times for the judiciary and/or police. I also have extensive experience in accompanying foreign guests in the Netherlands (including Brazilian and Portuguese authors on promotional visits and theater companies). In recent years I have done a lot of interpreting for children and adolescents (in asylum cases, in schools and at audiological centers). As a translator, I have extensive experience with different types of texts (legal, commercial, notarial) and deeds and diplomas.

I was born in Portugal in 1961 and came to the Netherlands in 1970. Both languages are my mother tongue.

1990 translation diploma obtained 1994 sworn in as a translator 1999 court interpreter diploma SIGV 1999 sworn in as an interpreter (with criminal law specialization)