“Denise is one of the most wonderful individuals that I’ve had the opportunity to work with. She is a fantastic interviewer and focus group moderator, showing warmth and respect to participants and drawing them out to get the best information possible.  She is fluent in both English and Spanish and her translation skills are unmatched!  She is also a hard worker and is very reliable and trustworthy.  If she says she will work on a project, she will give her best effort, and have it completed on-time. She’s the best!”

—Andrea Hutson, Ph.D.

“Denise and I have worked together on dozens of data collection efforts, including interviews and focus groups. Denise is an incredibly skilled interviewer, ensuring to always collect the most relevant and meaningful feedback. She consistently builds a rapport with both English and Spanish-speaking interview and focus group participants. This rapport creates an open and relaxed setting so that Denise can collect high-quality and actionable feedback. Denise stays exceptionally organized in her work and always submits deliverables and assignments in a timely manner. Her exceptional note-taking abilities also always ensure that team members have a thorough understanding of the findings from her data collection work. Denise is an incredible asset to any team or project conducting qualitative data collection!”

—Brooke Shelley, Technical Specialist, ICF

Denise is easy to work with and extremely positive and thorough. Her fees were competitive, not exorbitant. I appreciated her process and her command of both English and Spanish. This was my first experience of working with a translator and it was very positive. I would definitely recommend Denise if you want your article or book translated into Spanish.

— Juilet Van Heerden

“Since May 2019, Denise has provided assistance to ICF on a variety of educational research and evaluation projects, including translating data collection instruments into Spanish and conducting interviews/focus groups with youth and adults in Spanish and English (and in mixed groups with speakers of both languages). Denise provides the best translation services—she has true expertise in professional translation and has regularly corrected translations made by other translators. She is mindful of dialect and translating to ensure that connotation and denotation—as well as reading level—are conveyed in the translation. She turns around work quickly and has a high attention to detail. In terms of her work conducting interviews/focus groups, Denise is a skilled facilitator that helps to put participants at ease. She thoroughly addresses all interview questions, takes excellent notes, and is a skilled partner in sharing insights about the interview/focus group with the qualitative analysts. Denise is my go-to person whenever I need Spanish translation or data collection support and I cannot recommend her enough!”

— Samantha Spinney, Senior Manager, ICF

"Denise translated one of my books into Spanish, as well as two books belonging to authors I have published. She is professional, timely, and provides a great service. I have had several Spanish-speakers from various countries positively comment on the quality of the translation. I recommend her to all of my author clients, and plan to continue to use her in the future.”

—Rachael Kathleen Hartman, Author and Publisher at Our Written Lives

“Thank you for going above and beyond with The Grace Blueprint translation and edit. You took the time to read my book in English and then compare it to the Spanish translation. You made sure that the translation faithfully communicated what was written in the original. Then you smoothed the rough edges and made the translated text flow properly. Lastly, you made your expertise available to me and my graphic designer as we readied the translation for print. We couldn’t be more pleased with the final product.

I appreciate your organized and deliberate approach, your clear communication throughout the process, and your availability and patience. You have been a joy and blessing to work with. Thank you for all of your help and advice. We could not have done it without you.”

— Lisa Taylor Author of The Grace Blueprint