Lupe Hickey
Lincoln, NE 68510
Phone: (402) 217-5433
Email: hickeylupeg@yahoo.com

HIGHLIGHT OF QUALIFICATIONS

· 3 years experience as medical interpreter
· 8 years of bilingual customer service and intake relations in social services
· 3 years as full-time interpreter/translator for INS detainees
· Experienced courtroom interpreter with training in code of ethics
· Proficient English classes instructor for detained undocumented aliens
· Interpretation for legal depositions and mediations
· Seasoned interpreter and translator for feedlot and cattle handling procedures
· Competent in Hispanic cultural protocols, and Hispanic cultural nuances
· ESL classroom instructor for adults
· Comfortable relating to people of diverse cultures and ages
· Possess a unique and inside vantage point of the Hispanic and English speaking cultures
· Born in Mexico City and keep close ties to family in Mexico

EDUCATION

University of Nebraska at Kearney
Bachelor of Arts, December 2005
Major: Spanish Translation and Interpretation
Minor: International Studies
· Certificate: Spanish Interpretation and Translation 2004
· Alpha Mu Gamma, Foreign Language Honors

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

§ District Courtroom Interpreter, Adams County Court, Hastings, NE, 2004-2005
§ Translator for Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Central Administration since 2006
§ District Courtroom Interpreter, Adams County Court, Hastings, NE, 2003-present
§ Interpreter, Hastings Correctional Center, Hastings, NE 2002-2005
§ Bilingual Intake Clerk and Case Aide, Nebraska HHSS, Lexington, Kearney, NE 1994-2002
§ ESL Instructor, Central Community College, Lexington, NE 1993-1996
§ County Courtroom Interpreter, Dawson County Courthouse, Lexington, NE 1991-2000
§ Medical Interpreter, Plum Creek Medical Group, Lexington, NE 1991-1993
§ Cattle Processor, co-owned Hickey Custom Cattle Processing, 1977-1991

OTHER EXPERIENCE

· Member of Nebraska Governor’s Diversity Cabinet, 2003 and 2004
· Taskforce Member, Nebraska Supreme Court- To establish courtroom code of ethics for the state of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
· President of Haven House Shelter board 1994-1996
· President and board member of Central Nebraska Interpreters Group 1992-1998