b'qualified her to interpret in the court system.After becoming a qualified interpreter, Miriam said she put her name on the SC Court Administration Registry. When cases came up, she began receiving calls from theclerkofcourtforinterpretingservices.Miriam is also Certified by Hablar El Idioma De Su Cliente toteachEnglishasasecondlanguagethroughout the State of South Carolina.And she is studying to pass the oral exam to become a certified interpreter. Currently, in Horry County, where she lives, there is only one certified interpreter.HUMBLING TO BE A VOICE FOR OTHERSBilingual Connections started as a translation service but has grown into so much more.Now in addition to translating for the court system, Miriam currently translates for hospitals, doctors offices, law firms, the schoolsystem,museums,andotherorganizations needingtranslationservices.Miriamisalsoan adjunctinstructoratHorryGeorgetownTechand teachesSpanishandFrenchatanelementaryandfor the initiation of the Black and Latino Coalition of Montessori school. But wait, thats not all.She tutorsSouth Carolina, and she is the Interpreter/Outreach studentsviaZoom,providesculturalcompetencyCoordinator at Careteam Plus.With all her business training and workplace Spanish and OSHA training.activities, ShehascreatedpartnershipswithareabusinessesMiriam says its important to her to also stay active throughtheMyrtleBeachChamberofCommercein the community and she serves on many boards and and Horry Telephone Cooperative; serves as a liaisoncommissions.In 2021, Miriam was honored as the City of Myrtle Beach as the 2020 Volunteer of the YearforherserviceaschairoftheHumanRights Commission.Miriamsayssheisamazedthat,eventhoughshe has never advertised her business, it has grown over theyearsbywordofmouth.Satisfiedcustomer DeborahButlersaysthatMiriamwasessentialto the success of her sororitys breast cancer awareness events that targeted Hispanic and African American women.Deborah also said that her husband, Judge Aaron Butler, is Miriams number one fan and uses herinterpreterservicesextensively.Likewise,Pat Goodwin,executivedirectoroftheBurroughs& ChapinArtMuseuminMyrtleBeach,describes MiriamasavaluableresourceintheHispanic communitywhobringspassiontoeveryproject sheundertakes.Patexpressedherexcitementthat MiriamisportrayingFredaKahlointheirexhibit The World of Freda, a famous Mexican artist.The exhibit is currently running through September 2022.Miriam says it is humbling to be a voice for others. Miriam speaks English, Spanish and French fluentlyCheckoutMiriamonFacebookandLinkedInfor and she also speaks conversational Haitian Creole. more information about Bilingual Connections.IMARA19'