Students in Santa Barbara High School’s Translation & Interpretation Pathway graduated with professional certificates that qualify them to enter the growing field of interpretation and translation.
The Career Technical Education (CTE) program celebrates the bilingual assets of Santa Barbara’s many native Spanish speakers and empowers students to transform their language skills into viable career opportunities, the school said.
Santa Barbara High School’s Translation & Interpretation Pathway, led by teacher Alison Mendoza, is the first and only high school CTE pathway of its kind in California.
“Developing this pathway has been a career highlight,” Mendoza said. “By committing to offering a Translation & Interpretation program, we have reimagined Spanish course offerings and connected language learning to the world that surrounds students in a new way…