Upcoming Events: Interpreter Training Webinars
Interpreter Training, Workshops and Master Classes
Upcoming Events: Interpreter Training Webinars
Interpreter Training, Workshops and Master Classes
Comprehensive Interpreting Evaluation by Accountability Allies Gabriela or Gonzalo
Individual Skill-Whispering Study Planning Session with Lead Instructor Athena Matilsky
For advanced Spanish interpreters:
This course will help improve your skills and/or help you work toward your FCICE oral exam.
This course provides:
Our students DOUBLED the national average FCICE pass rate two years in a row!
LIVE CLASSES MONDAYS AND MOST WEDNESDAYS
APPLICATIONS & CANDIDATE SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: 2/15/26
LETTERS OF ACCEPTANCE/WAIT LIST/REJECTION: 2/23/26
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One-time payment
(Save $75 with this lump sum payment as compared to Payment Plan)
$1075-Upon Registration
$500-March 15
$500-April 15
$500-May 15
Athena holds a BA in Spanish interpreting and translation from Rutgers University and a Master’s in Conference Interpreting from Glendon College, York University. In the past decade, she has worked as a freelance interpreter and staff interpreter for the NJ judiciary.
She owns Athena Sky Interpreting and trains candidates for the state and federal interpreting exams. She created these Master Classes with Virginia in order to give people the accountability and guidance she wishes she could have had when studying for her exams. When she is not teaching and interpreting, you may find her practicing Acroyoga or aerial arts.
Virginia is our behind-the-scenes mastermind. She co-developed the original Master Classes with Athena. You may occasionally see her for a guest visit, and you will see her magical slides and pedagogical concepts everywhere you look!
Virginia became an interpreter in 2003 and has worked in the fields of legal, medical, and conference interpretation. She holds a Combined Certificate in Translation and Interpretation Studies (Hunter College, 2004). In 2012, Virginia and her husband, Brad Wilk, founded Interpretrain. She currently lives in Colombia, where she teaches, develops new materials, and works as an interpreter.
Gonzalo is a former private coaching student of Athena’s who rejoins us now to offer extra feedback to our advanced students. He has been interpreting since 2013, working in both the private and public sectors. Highlights have included interpreting for Chile’s Minister of Economy, Ecuador’s Attorney General, the Real Madrid, New York Bulls, and national teams of Costa Rica and Honduras. He has been tutoring FCICE candidates since 2021. He is a big fan of dogs (especially his own, Bobo) as well as soccer, current events and US foreign policy (particularly in the Middle East.)
Gabriela is an alumnus of the Court Interpreting Master Class. She is a Federally Certified Court Interpreter, conference interpreter, and ATA certified translator based in Washington DC. She holds a Juris Doctor from The George Washington University Law School and is licensed to practice in New York. A disillusioned attorney looking for a career change, she started her interpretation & translation journey as a court interpreter in Alabama, where she grew up. After a few years of working in court, she decided to pursue a Masters in Conference Interpretation—English, Spanish, French—, which she obtained from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies before moving back to the nation’s capital. When she isn’t interpreting, you can find her working on her baking skills or traveling to Peru to spend time with her family and eat the best cuisine in the world.
As a Master Class student, you will be expected to: