Allison Corbett

Experience

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  Universidad Popular

  Jul 2009 - Jun 2010

  Adult ESL Facilitator and Youth Programmer

  + taught three advanced ESL classes and a beginner conversational group+ designed curricula and assessments+ facilitated weekly cooperative teaching sessions+ worked with a team to establish an after-school tutoring program for local Latino youth

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  Hogar Immigrant Services

  Aug 2010 - May 2012

  Education Services Manager

  + managed two ESL programs with 100+ volunteer teachers and 500+ students annually+ developed and delivered training seminars for volunteers on teaching and management strategies+ managed organizational communications, including website maintenance and redesign, wikis, video production, and monthly newsletter

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  La Poderosa Media Project

  May 2012 - Jul 2012

  Communications Intern & Documentary Photographer for Quinua Queens

  + assisted with communications through videos, blog entries, and Facebook+ photographer for the documentary project “Quinoa Queens”

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  La Clinica del Pueblo

  Oct 2012 - Jan 2013

  Spanish Medical Interpreter

  + provided interpretation for low-income families and patients enrolled in DC health plans in a variety of medical institutions

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  Children's National Hospital

  Feb 2013 - Aug 2013

  Certified Medical Interpreter (CMI-Spanish)

  + provided interpretation for patients and families+ translated documents in diverse medical encounters+ maintained daily and monthly records of interpretation

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  Memoria Presente: Stories of Memory from Argentina

  Aug 2013 - Feb 2015

  Coordinator, Project Director, and Interviewer

  + directed multimedia oral history project profiling a community dealing with the legacy of Argentina's "Dirty War."+ coordinated photography and film crew+ conducted oral history interviews+ coordinated participation from abroad and in Argentina+ edited bilingual shareable audio and video clips+ raised fundsThis project culminated in a Masters thesis titled, "Failure to Materialize: An Oral History of Puente de Fierro," a presentation of the same name at the 2015 Oral History Association Annual Meeting as part of the panel "Generational Activism: Postmemory and Social Justice," and a 2014 exhibit called "Memory in Translation" at Columbia University. Show less

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  Columbia University

  Aug 2013 - May 2014

  Public Affairs Program Assistant, Oral History Master of Arts Program

  + created video content for program website+ conducted digital outreach through social media and blog to promote programming+ performed web design and maintenance on program website

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  The Changing Neighborhood Oral History Project

  Sept 2013 - May 2014

  Oral History Interviewer

  + interviewed longtime residents of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, about memories of home and experiences of change and displacement within the neighborhood+ collaborated with a team of oral historians and anthropologists on project design+ prepared interviews and transcripts for eventual deposit at Brooklyn Historical Society

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  Just Interpretation LLC

  Oct 2014 - Jun 2015

  Medical Interpreter (CMI-Spanish)

  + provided interpretation for Spanish-speaking patients, family members, and medical providers+ provided interpretation at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, NYU Langone Medical Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and other area medical centers as needed, covering all specialties and settings

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  Mount Sinai St. Luke's Mount Sinai West

  Jun 2015 - Dec 2016

  Medical Interpreter (CMI-Spanish)

  + supervised volunteer and per diem interpreters at Mount Sinai St. Luke's and Mount Sinai West+ maintained daily and monthly records of interpretation+ scheduled and confirmed contract interpreters+ translated institutional documents+ facilitated cross-language Spanish-English communication between families, patients, and medical providers+ provided in-person and remote video consecutive interpretation

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  The Language of Justice Oral History Project

  Jul 2016 - Mar 2019

  Founder, coordinator & interviewer

  + create and implement project design for multimedia oral history project focusing on the stories of interpreters, translators, and organizers that facilitate multilingual movement-building across the US+ identify, contact, and interview narrators to produce archival quality audio and accompanying photography+ track project metadata for eventual archival deposit+ create bilingual, multimedia, shareable clips for project website+ organize gatherings to share the project and principles and practices of language justice with the public Show less

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  Allison Corbett

  Jan 2017 - now

  I partner with organizations to build their capacity to facilitate equitable cross-language communication - from grassroots non-profits to city agencies. Clients/partners include: Word Up Community Bookshop, Sanctuary Neighborhoods, Department of Education Language Access Coordinators, Columbia University Oral History MA Program, North Star Fund, NYC Dept. of Housing Preservation & Development, literary professionals and community organizers. + Provide simultaneous and consecutive interpretation and/or interpretation coordination for clients including: Word Up Community Bookshop, Radiolab, Sanctuary Neighborhoods, Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics at New York University, ViiV Healthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation, United for Respect, Columbia University Oral History MA Program, and the Center for Urban Pedagogy.

  • Independent Language Justice Consultant

    Jan 2017 - now

  • Freelance Spanish<>English Interpreter

    Jan 2017 - now
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  New York University

  Apr 2017 - Aug 2017

  Policy Analyst and Logic Designer

  + create software content in the NYU State Authorization Division of the Academic Program Review+ build user interface and program logic schematics for a new software program that facilitates adoption of distance education programs+ ensure compliance with multiple state higher education laws

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  CONEY ISLAND HISTORY PROJECT INC

  Jan 2018 - Feb 2019

  Bilingual Oral Historian

  + conduct interviews in Spanish or English with residents of Coney Island for inclusion in an online archive+ transcribe and translate interviews conducted in Spanish+ edit interviews in Spanish or English to be published on the Project website

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  AMN Healthcare

  Feb 2018 - Apr 2019

  Spanish Interpreter

  + facilitate cross-language communication+ provide remote video consecutive interpretation+ bridge communication between patients, families, and medical providers at clinics and hospitals across the United States

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  Storm King Art Center

  Mar 2018 - Oct 2018

  Editor at the Storm King Oral History Program

  + performed audits of interviews conducted with artists and institutional leaders who have been essential to the evolution of Storm King since its founding+ edit transcripts to comply with Storm King Oral History Program's style guide in preparation for archival deposit

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  Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs of the City of New York

  Apr 2019 - Oct 2020

  Language Access Special Projects Coordinator

  + create monitoring tools to evaluate the implementation of Local Law 30, NYC's local language access law; identify progress, gaps, and recommendations to improve language access at City agencies. Co-author MOIA’s Annual Report to City Council on LL30, lead the strategy and development of Mayor’s Office-wide Language Access Implementation Plan.+ provide training and assistance to City agencies on language access, including co-facilitating a Convening on Interpretation for Language Access Coordinators of LL30 agencies; creating guidance and workshop materials on interpreting basics; and training Language Access Secret Shoppers. Show less

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  Circular

  Jul 2020 - now

  Co-founding Consultant

  Circular is a collaboration between Fernanda Espinosa and Allison Corbett dedicated to working at the intersections of language justice, research, and oral history. Circular creates spaces for the memories and experiences of people to exist, be told and circulate in many different shapes. Allison and Fernanda collaborate to provide consulting or create projects grounded in the belief that seeding change requires decentering cultural, linguistic, and racial dominance.Clients include: Hudson Valley Farm Hub, Elliotsville Foundation, Hudson Columbia University Oral History MA Program, Montclair State University Show less

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  New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development

  Nov 2020 - Nov 2021

  Language Access Manager, NYC Housing Vacancy Survey

  The New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey (NYCHVS) is a citywide, representative survey of New York City’s housing stock and population that is fielded about every three years by the US Census Bureau on behalf of the City of New York. The NYCHVS collects data in all of New York City’s neighborhoods, in all five boroughs, and focuses on representing all New Yorkers—regardless of who they are or where they live. All of this ensures that the NYCHVS represents the diversity of New York City’s residents and housing stock.+ Design curriculum and deliver training on language justice for English-speaking and bilingual NYCHVS field representatives+ Co-Design and implement systems to ensure the equitable participation of survey respondents who speak non-dominant languages Show less

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  Tilde Education Fund

  Nov 2021 - now

  Co-Director, Colibrí Academy for HIV & Language Justice

  + Lead development and execution of an intensive 6 month-long language justice training and mentorship program for organizations that do HIV/AIDS work. Colibrí Academy for HIV and Language Justice is an in-depth Language Justice Capacity Building and Mentorship program for a cohort of 5 organizations representing a spectrum of groups and impacted communities, with emphasis placed on QTBIPOC and PWHA-led organizations and programs. Colibrí meets organizations where they are — building on their strengths, priorities, and existing structures — to foster an organizational culture shift towards greater language justice that strengthens relationships between actors in the HIV and Language Justice movements. Show less