Season 2- Episode 32: Reflections with Veronica Duran- Sisk.
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Tania and Peter reflect episode 27 through 31.
Veronica Duran-Sisk was born in Quito, Ecuador and obtained her International Business and Master’s degree in marketing.
After one year of arriving to the USA, she landed a job at the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) as a Spanish Interpreter. This work gave her the opportunity to meet many people from different backgrounds and cultures. Through this experience, she learned that Spanish-speaking people not only sought help with the language, but also sought to share their lives with someone who had something in common.
When she moved to Seattle, she had the opportunity to attend the Latina Symposium at NSC. She later become a volunteer in the Latina Symposium, 8 years later she is now the president of Somos Mujeres Latinas. www.smlwa.org
Veronica states "I joined the Symposium team as a collaborator, and today I am the president of SML. I feel so lucky to get to work with this group of women who have changed my life and inspired me to learn more".