Master Trainer
Phoenix Children's Hospital
Medical Interpreter Project
1919 E. Thomas Road, Bldg C
Phoenix
AZUSA
85016
Email:
brayes@phoenixchildrens.com
Biographical Sketch: Barbara Rayes is Coordinator of Translation Services and Language Education at Phoenix Children's Hospital and Master Trainer for the national Medical Interpreter Project. Her priorities as a teacher are to be clear, loving, and above all, to give her students something worthwhile! She has taught hundreds of adult learners in topics related to language, health care, and teaching, and has won Best Practice recognition from University of Arizona College of Medicine Bright Idea Network and the national Epilepsy Foundation. Barbara is principal author of Spanish Bilingual Assistant, a sixty-hour introduction to medical interpreting, and No-Stress Spanish, a two-day cultural competency seminar. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Spanish, serves as secretary for the National Council on Interpreting in Health Care, and is founding president of Arizona Translators and Interpreters, Inc.