This is an article by Diana Sanchez-Vega, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, May 14, 2025.
Disaster survivors and responders often face psychological hazards like acute stress disorder, depression, and post-traumatic stress. These issues are worsened in multilingual communities, where language barriers hinder communication and delay aid.
Learn how effectively addressing these challenges goes beyond basic translation or ad hoc interpreting to address the whole community.
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Diana Sanchez-Vega
Diana Sanchez-Vega is a twice nationally certified Spanish medical interpreter with an M.A. in psychological studies and a B.S. in international business. A native Argentinian, she is fluent in Spanish and English and well-versed in Portuguese and French. She is the founder and CEO of Sanchez-Vega Communications and has a 35+-year track record developing multilingual cultures in linguistically diverse industries such as construction, disaster management, and healthcare. She trains bilingual staff, manages a multilingual translator team, interprets at international meetings, and speaks at conferences. She is a resident of Nashville, Tennessee.
