Gloria C. Martinez is a Translator/Interpreter of English-Spanish, specializing in technical material, and a poetess by vocation and conviction. After receiving her professional certification from ...ver másGloria C. Martinez is a Translator/Interpreter of English-Spanish, specializing in technical material, and a poetess by vocation and conviction. After receiving her professional certification from Rice University in Houston, Texas, she worked several years independently as a free-lance translator; she then became an official translator for the UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center where she recently retired after 20 years of service.
Among her poetic activities, we can cite that she was the first place winner of the Houston 2010 Spanish Book Fair, and second place winner in 2009; this event takes place annually with the participation of local and foreign authors. In addition, she was also the recipient of a certificate of recognition for her writings, from The Historical and Cultural Council of the city of Sabinas Hgo., N.L. in Mexico.
Regarding her literary work in English, some of her poems were included in a poetic anthology published in 2009 by a literary group of Houston; such book is titled CONVERSING THROUGH POETRY, and she is already preparing her next book of poems in English.ver menos