Gabriela Escarrá
ATA SPD Administrator

Gabriela Escarrá holds two university degrees: Certified Sworn Translator and English and Literature Teacher. She is an ISO 27001 Internal Auditor (Bureau Veritas). She also holds a degree from Fundación Litterae as a Copyeditor and two certifications in Post-editing and Transcreation from the Translation Automation User Society (TAUS).

She is the Chair of the ATA Standards Committee and a member of the ASTM Technical Committee F43 on Language Services and Products. She has been lecturing on Quality Management, International Quality Standards and Post-Editing in Europe, the United States, and South and Central America, including several virtual conferences. Gabriela has actively participated at IRAM (ISO representative in Argentina) in the adoption and adaptation of some standards related to Language and Terminology (ISO TC37), and Information Security Systems.

Gabriela was the recipient of the 2022 Harvie Jordan Scholarship.

María Baker
ATA SPD Assistant Administrator

 

María (Mila) Baker completed her BA in TESOL in Argentina in 2010, and her MA in Spanish and TESOL at West Virginia University in 2013. Passionate about professional development, she has over 10 years of experience in interpreting and translation. María became a CMI in 2014 and a CHI™ in 2018. She obtained her EN>ES ATA certification in 2021. She has conducted training for healthcare providers on interpreting and delivered workshops for interpreters and translators.

Mila has been a member of ATA since 2019. She has been an active member of the Spanish Language Division, working in the Digital and Social Media Committee. She is the chair of this Committee, and she also volunteers in the ATA Professional Development Committee and the ATA PR Committee.