Ms. María Luisa OrtegaDePaul University College of LAS

Dr. María Luisa Ortega Hernández holds a PhD in Spanish and Latin American Literature from the University of Pennsylvania, where she was responsible for conducting the Spanish proficiency interviews for the Penn Language Link medical interpretation services program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Her life experience as a cultural mediator led her to a Certificate in Translation Studies from Florida International University. She is currently faculty at DePaul University, where she teaches Translation Studies and directs the Spanish for the Professions program. Dr. Ortega Hernández has been teaching Medical Spanish since 2004. www.conmarialuisa.com