Student Assistants

	Rou Chen, Undergraduate Office Assistant September 2023 - present. Rou Chen is an undergraduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, majoring in Psycology. She is originally from Fujian, China, and moved to the United States at the age of five. She is fluent in both Mandarin Chinese and English. She is a Crisis Counselor at the Crisis Text Line and a member of the UMass Concert Band. Her interest in translation stems from her history of translating for her immigrant family since she was young. At the UMass Amherst Translation Center she gets experience in professional translation project managment and contributes to the promotion of translation education.
	Iman Fenina, Undergraduate Office Assistant September 2023 - present. Iman Fenina is a junior at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is pursuing a degree in Linguistics and Anthropology in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts as well as in Marketing at the Isenberg School of Managment. She is minoring in Japanese, a language she has been studying for three years. Originally from Tunisia, she is a fluent speaker of English, Arabic, and French. She has experience as a French translator for the Massachusetts Daily Collegian. She is also the laboratory manager for the Department of Linguistics. At the UMass Translation Center she supports projects with partners from all around the world and learns more about the dynamics behind the crucial role translation plays in our increasingly global and linguistically diverse communities.
	Adelyn Hoyt, Undergraduate Office Assistant Summer 2024 - present. Adelyn Hoyt is an undergraduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst pursuing a dual degree in Linguistics and Spanish, as well as a TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) certificate, and a Translation and Interpreting Studies certificate. She is a native English speaker who is proficient in Spanish and is currently learning Catalan. After graduation, Adelyn hopes to teach English in Spain and continue to provide translation services and be an advocate for language access, no matter where she is. She is currently an assistant for the UMass Amherst Translation Center’s collaboration with Revere High School led by Professor Regina Galasso and Isabella Craft to design and implement a high school course titled “The Foundations of Translation, Interpreting, and Language Access.” At the UMass Amherst Translation Center, Adelyn also provides support for project management, event planning, and gains valuable experience working in the field of translation and interpreting.