Raised on an island off the coast of Brazil, Elena Langdon is a certified Portuguese-English translator, conference and community interpreter, and interpreter trainer with over 20 years of experience.
Elena delivers workshops around the country and abroad and is recognized as an engaging and approachable speaker. She pulls from experience interpreting and translating, managing interpreters, and teaching for programs at the University of Chicago, Boston University, UMass Amherst, and Glendon College (York University). For over six years, Elena supervised a staff of 50 interpreters and managed internal translations at a Level I Trauma, 734-bed academic medical center in Massachusetts.
A thought leader in the language industry, she volunteered and served on the Board of Directors for the American Translators Association, the New England Translators Association, the National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (NCIHC), and the National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters. Elena continues to support the production of bimonthly webinars for interpreter trainers for the NCIHC.
