Experience

International Center for Language Studies

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Khmer Language and Culture Instructor

  • Feb 2020 - Present

  • Serve as Khmer instructor to U.S. diplomatic students with an emphasis in speaking, listening, reading, and writing communicative skills to plan for their departure and stationing at the US Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. • Explain concepts clearly and coherently to students and provide constructive feedback and follow up to ensure students understand the concepts. • Develop and implement individualized education program for each U.S. diplomatic students. Identify and implement goals tailored to the student's individual needs and abilities. • Renders correct concepts and meanings between the Khmer and English languages following complexity, clarity, tone, and style from one language into another, upholding the correct rules for grammar and syntax in both languages. • Administering exams, conducting evaluations, writing and grading exams, enforcing classroom discipline, improving skills, and utilizing contemporary subjects and events to increase participation and interest. • Accommodate students’ requirement for online training. • Modeled, trained, and consulted teachers on modifications and accommodations to instruction and materials ensuring the diverse needs of every student. • Teach U.S. Ambassadors as students vocabulary and phrases to help them live and work abroad effectively, and related duties include survival, familiarization, regional and culture expertise. • Work well with a variety of personalities in a very competitive environment, earning me consistent positive feedback from students and the appreciation of colleagues and the administration. See below Leadership & Honors. • Demonstrate Proficiency Administering English Proficiency Test (EPT) on the request of oversea U.S Embassy. • Immersed students in Cambodian culture through field trips and oral presentations such as taking them to Khmer Temple and meeting up with the Cambodian Ambassador to the US. Show less



MVM, Inc.

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Khmer Linguist

  • Oct 2019 - Oct 2019

  • Proficiently translated both technical and non-technical documents and interpreted for high commanders. • Work to a professional code of ethics with confidentiality and neutrality • Translate verbal and written summaries of day-to-day communications across all levels of the Khmer; including complex and/or highly idiomatic speech, slang, and colloquial expressions • Review audio/video material and write/transcribe information with a superb degree of accuracy and expression • Accurately translate a wide variety of complex material from Khmer into Standard English Show less



Global Language Center

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Khmer Language and Culture Instructor

  • Aug 2014 - Mar 2019

  • Serve as Khmer instructor to U.S. diplomatic students with an emphasis in speaking, listening, reading, and writing communicative skills to plan for their departure and stationing at the US Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. • Explain concepts clearly and coherently to students and provide constructive feedback and follow up to ensure students understand the concepts. • Develop and implement individualized education program for each U.S. diplomatic students. Identify and implement goals tailored to the student's individual needs and abilities. • Renders correct concepts and meanings between the Khmer and English languages following complexity, clarity, tone, and style from one language into another, upholding the correct rules for grammar and syntax in both languages. • Administering exams, conducting evaluations, writing and grading exams, enforcing classroom discipline, improving skills, and utilizing contemporary subjects and events to increase participation and interest. • Accommodate students’ requirement for online training. • Modeled, trained, and consulted teachers on modifications and accommodations to instruction and materials ensuring the diverse needs of every student. • Teach U.S. Ambassadors as students vocabulary and phrases to help them live and work abroad effectively, and related duties include survival, familiarization, regional and culture expertise. • Work well with a variety of personalities in a very competitive environment, earning me consistent positive feedback from students and the appreciation of colleagues and the administration. See below Leadership & Honors. • Demonstrate Proficiency Administering English Proficiency Test (EPT) on the request of oversea U.S Embassy. • Immersed students in Cambodian culture through field trips and oral presentations such as taking them to Khmer Temple and meeting up with the Cambodian Ambassador to the US. Show less



Advance Health

• Chantily, VA

• Khmer Interpreter Scheduling Specialist

  • Jan 2014 - Jun 2014

  • Extreme attention to detail, performance measured on accuracy of information • Able to perform in a high-pressure environment and have the ability to organize multiple tasks and prioritize responsibilities • Created training materials and trained staff in the proper use of software • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills • Act as a liaison between Nurse Practitioner and Medicare patients with limited English proficiency and that all of the health information is entered in the system correctly, by the Nurse Practitioner, for accurate medical reporting and coding purposes • Facilitate effective communication between two parties that do not speak a similar language by converting one spoken language to another • Strong customer service orientation and ability to interact well with diverse end-users and technical staff are required Show less



INOVA Alexandria Hospital (Infusion Center)

• Alexandria, VA

• Volunteer Staff

  • Oct 2013 - Mar 2014

  • Various administrative function as requested such as working with lab to get results, sending/faxing documentations, schedule/confirm appointments, answering phones and assisting the nurse practitioner. • Various administrative function as requested such as working with lab to get results, sending/faxing documentations, schedule/confirm appointments, answering phones and assisting the nurse practitioner.