miaLingua Personnel
Yuliya Volokh – Translator, Writer, Editor, Instructor and Tutor for Russian, English and Spanish
My name is Yuliya Volokh and I am the creator of miaLingua, which was born out of love for language.
Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I was born in Russia and came to the United States at the age of eleven. In Cleveland, Ohio I completed my undergraduate education in Sociology and Spanish, and later my Master’s Degree in Modern Languages and Literature. For two years I taught Spanish at the Cleveland State University, thinking that teaching was to be my career for the rest of my life. However, when I moved to Miami, Florida after graduation, I realized that I could do a lot more with language, rather than solely teach. The wide diversity of Miami enchanted and inspired me to create a company just as diverse when it comes to language. Over the years of my education and real-life experience, I have gained expertise in translation (English-Spanish-Russian), writing, editing and teaching that motivated me to bring these trades together under one roof.
Below you will find the hand-picked and extremely talented instructors and translators currently working with miaLingua.
I hope miaLingua can be of service to you and please don’t hesitate to contact me!
Vera Kabalkina – Translator for Portuguese, English and Spanish
Vera Kabalkina was born in Moscow, Russia. She has linguistic proficiency in five different languages. Portuguese is her mother tongue. She is fluent in Russian, English and Spanish. In addition, she has fundamental knowledge of French. As a child, she lived in Moscow,Russia later on in Lisbon, Portugal and Gibraltar, finally settling in Fort Lauderdale, Florida at the age of nineteen. She lived in Lisbon through high school and completed her GCSE in Business, Art, Spanish and French in a British school in Gibraltar. For three years she taught Spanish and Portuguese at the Municipal Council during her two months of vacations in Lisbon every year. Among other things, she has also worked at Technical Services Department by the Joshua Hassan House; this is a government department that specializes in the development and planning of architecture in Gibraltar. Over the years of her educational experience she finally decided to major in architecture and work as a translator as a part time job.
Susi Brenk - Translator, Tutor and Instructor for German
Susi Brenk was born and grew up in Germany and came to the United States in 2011.
Having finished her higher education in Germany, she is working now as a dance teacher and German language instructor, amongst others, for the big language company Rosetta Stone.
At school, one of her best subjects was German, but once she began to learn other languages, she realized she had a talent for it. Susi speaks not only fluent German, but also English and Spanish. She loves teaching, and students love her, as she has a lot of patience and passion for working with people.
Rodolfo Valderrey – Instructor, Tutor, and Translator for French and Spanish
Rodolfo Valderrey was born in New York City and grew up in Venezuela as a child. Growing up in Latin-America gave Rodolfo Spanish as his native language. He then returned to the United States in 1995 to live in Miami, Florida. Later, he started learning French while in high school, which would develop into a passion for foreign languages. Rodolfo has studied French in a variety of areas of linguistics, literature, and teaching methodologies at the University of Florida in Gainesville where he earned a BA in French, and has studied at the University of Burgundy in Dijon under the CIEF program (Centre International d´Études Françaises). He then pursued Italian studies at Miami Dade College, as well as Brazilian Portuguese, and Modern Greek studies privately. He is fluent in French, Spanish, and English, and has conversational ability in Italian, Brazilian Portuguese and Modern Greek.
Rodolfo is engaged in instruction, translation, and interpreting in Spanish and French since 2006 at different companies in Boston and Miami, as well as freelance. Rodolfo is also an accomplished pianist, arranger, and producer with a degree in Contemporary Writing and Production from Berklee College of Music in Boston.
