Video Voice-overs
Narration (in many cases requiring translation from English text into Spanish) of training or promotional videos and PSAs for various production companies.
1996-2004 Honda International Training Modules; Jackson Graphics, West Bend, WI
1993-National Safety Council PSA; Trillium Productions, Evanston, Illinois
1991-1992- Budget Rent-a-Car Sales Seminar and Underwriters Laboratories Industrial instructional video; InMedia II, Chicago
1990 - Williams Electronics Games; Academy of Legal Translation, Evanston, Illinois
Consultant/Freelance Production Work
Work has included commercial spot production and voice talent, video voice-
overs for training and promotional videos, assisting with web-based radio programming; translation for commercials and videos, and live announcing at special events.
Production Awards
2000 Best Non-English Commercial, Chicagoland Achievement in Radio Award
1991-93 WINDY Awards, Chicago
1993 - 1st Place Commercial Spot - Foreign Language: Batman y Robin
1992 - 1st Place Commercial Spot - Foreign Language: Corona Beer
1991 - 1st Place Commercial Spot - Foreign Language: Tombstone Pizza
1988 -Illinois Broadcasting Association Silver Dome Awards, Springfield, Illinois
1st Place Public Service Announcement: Drunk-driving
2nd Place Commercial Spot: Pepsi-Cola
EDUCATION
1990-2006 Additional training in radio production tech innovations and software
2002 Leadership Training Course for Mexican Club Federations Sponsored by Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights and Chicago Community Trust
1983-1985 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Mass Communications, Spanish 41 credits
1978-1979 Gateway Technical College, Racine, Wisconsin
Radio Broadcasting classes
GED (Wisconsin High School Equivalency Diploma)
1971 Escuela Secudaria Federal, Oaxaca, Mexico Diploma
I have a complete home studio for audio edition,
for the past several years I been using Adobe Audition to produce high quality radio spots and voice overs.
I have a complete home studio for audio edition.
Community Organizing
Founding member of Club Tlacolula, a fraternal organization for individuals and families from Oaxaca, Mexico, now residing in Racine, Wisconsin; organized several educational and social events in Racine promoting the culture of Oaxaca; founding member and currently president of FOMO (Federation of Oaxacans of the Midwest United States), an organization of Oaxacan leadership from three states that conducts both cultural and social improvement projects; led a special project delivering to Oaxaca a much needed fire truck that had been secured through the City of Chicago Fire Department. Worked on special educational and organizing initiatives in cooperation with the National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities.