Edna Isela Ramirez

Experience

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  Union County District Court

  Jul 1998 - Sept 2012

  Contract Court Spanish Interpreter
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  Administrative Office of the Courts, Arkansas

  Feb 1999 - Sept 2007

  Contract Court Spanish Interpreter
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  Children's Defense Fund- Arkansas Cradle to Prison Pipeline

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  Contract Spanish Facilitator

  Nationally, 1 in 3 Black and 1 in 6 Latino boys born in 2001 are at risk of imprisonment during their lifetime. While boys are five times as likely to be incarcerated as girls, there also is a significant number of girls in the juvenile justice system. This rate of incarceration is endangering children at younger and younger ages.This is America's pipeline to prison — a trajectory that leads to marginalized lives, imprisonment and often premature death. Although the majority of fourth graders cannot read at grade level, states spend about three times as much money per prisoner as per public school pupil.CDF's vision with its Cradle to Prison Pipeline campaign is to reduce detention and incarceration by increasing preventive supports and services children need, such as access to quality early childhood development and education services and accessible, comprehensive health and mental health coverage. Emphasis must be shifted for the sake of our children and our nation's future. Show less

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  Center for Healing Hearts and Spirits

  Sept 2012 - now

  Volunteer Limited English Proficiency Victim Advocate

  Our mission is to promote and nurture individuals in areas of education, economic and community development, healthcare issues, public safety and race relations. The Center for Healing Hearts and Spirits was created to assist victims of violent crimes and terminal illnesses and their affected families to improve the quality of their economic and social environment, transition back into the workforce and to provide for self-sufficiency.

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  A & A Tax and Language Solutions, LLC

  Jan 2014 - now

  Owner/Tax preparer/ Translator and Notary Public

  Tax preparation, amend prior years returns, file IRS W-7 Forms, translate and notarize documents.

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  Telelanguage

  Mar 2014 - Mar 2022

  Contract Spanish Interpreter
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  University of Arkansas at Little Rock

  May 2015 - now

  Community Based Prison Reentry Initiative Director

  Several states (e.g. Ohio and New York) have made significant efforts in implementing criminal justice reform; one such significant area of reform,is that of "reentry". In Arkansas, many organizations and some agencies are active in the post-release dimension of successfully reentering society after incarceration. This program is an effort to reach inmates pre-release with valuable programming to reduce recidivism. The literature is clear that the more access those incarcerated have to training and education, the large "set of tools" they have to address better behavior while incarcerated and more likelihood to better address life choices involve in navigating life in the free world. Show less

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  Arkansas Department of Transportation

  Jan 2018 - Nov 2018

  Hispanic Community Impact Specialist
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  North Little Rock Police Department

  Dec 2018 - now

  Victims Advocate
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  Arkansas Human Development Corp

  Aug 2022 - now

  • Health Promoter

    Feb 2020 - now

  • Business Engagement Specialist

    Aug 2022 - Nov 2023
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  Seis Puentes Hispanic Outreach

  May 2023 - now

  Member Board of Directors
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  National Organization for Victim Advocacy NOVA

  Jul 2023 - now

  Member Board of Directors