"When I came to America, I only spoke very little English and realized that I had to use all I got to survive. I got my first job as a Crossing Guard and Meter Maid in Brookline Police and my second job, at night, to teach Spanish at Brookline Adult Education. Most of my students were nurses and doctors who were fascinated by my speaking about culture and the use of the language. I soon began writing and teaching Spanish for Health Care Professionals which took me to teach at Harvard Medical School, to later teach at Tufts and Boston University Schools of Medicine. I changed the way medicine is delivered to minorities in America because I visited the Department of Health and Hospitals and the Department of Medical Security.
They liked my approach to social medicine and many followed until the government requested, in 2001, to deliver linguistically and culturally competent medical care in America."

 

 

 
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Connect with Spanish Language Services is a pioneer firm founded by Maria Estrada in Massachusetts. CWS was established to provide cross-cultural training in combination with Spanish instruction that includes colloquial Spanish, and medical,legal,or business terminology. This is a service network of freelance professionnals that allows you to have translation, interpreting,and editorial services in Spanish to target the linguistic needs of your client or patient.

Cross-cultural Competency Training is to provide support and education to both patients and providers in the medical field in order to improve medical care to minorities. For the corporate field our training offers to ensure sensitivity and global business relationships. For the educational field, it promotes better student’s assessment, parent’s participation, and education that combine a multidisciplinary curriculum.

 

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