Abdi Fatah

Provide on-site interpretation and translation across healthcare and insurance industries, ensuring professionalism, cultural understanding, and compliance with quality standards.

Deliver interpretation and translation for HR, health, training, and meetings; work on translation reviews, editing, and voice recording projects.

Supported legal services for Somali clients by interpreting attorney-client interactions and translating documents. Prepared immigration applications, drafted pleadings, conducted legal research, and managed communication and case files.

Developed and delivered writing-focused ESL curriculum for Somali students; provided interpretation, facilitated family engagement, and created an inclusive classroom.

Interpreted primarily for the healthcare industry, and some finance, insurance, and government services by phone/video; maintained confidentiality and participated in rigorous quality assurance.

Designed and taught fiction writing; led classroom discussions and supported a diverse undergraduate student body.

Interpreted for Somali research participants and translated interviews in education-related studies.

Translated Somali audio files and texts to English in the government services sector, ensuring client formatting and timely, accurate delivery.

Supported legal affairs, conducted legal research, resolved cases, delivered legal aid, and conducted litigation and advocacy in high-stakes, confidential environments in the areas of human rights, immigrants and refugees, and administrative justice.

Completed Interpreting in Public Schools training.

Completed the Bridging the Gap 40-Hour Medical Interpreter training.

Completed Somali to English Interpreter Training.

Completed The New Teacher Institute.

Completed the Introduction to Girls' Schools Course.

Pursued a Master of Fine Arts in Writing, focusing on fiction writing and teaching.

Completed a Post-Graduate Diploma in Law, preparing for legal practice.

Earned a Bachelor of Laws degree, with a focus on legal studies.