Our Team

Respond Crisis Translation is a coalition of language practitioners fighting to dismantle systemic language rights violations.

We use our voices and language skills to enable access to legal support, social services, healthcare, and all other human rights. We mobilize to provide both acute emergency response and long-term ongoing language access support.

Meet the Team - Leadership Team - Board of Directors - Tech Team - Interpreters and Translators

Leadership Team

 

Andrea Vargas
Head of Design

Ariel Koren
Executive Director; Co-Founder

Aymeric Felt
Western European Languages Project Manager

Dafnes Aly
Portuguese Co-Lead

Danielle Josyle
Haitian Creole Co-Lead; French Co-Lead

Demeke Akalu
South + East African Languages Lead

Diana Ghebrezadik
East African Languages Project Manager

Dudu Kone
Central + West African Languages Co-Lead

Eyas Youssef
Arabic Lead

Franciso López
Operations Associate

Isa Romo
HR + Community Director

Jack Carew
Director of Academic Partnerships + Public Health

Co-Director of Policy

Leila Lorenzo
Policy Director, SWANA Regional Director

Lillian Leung
Chinese Lead

Machaela Parkin
Eastern European + Central Asian Languages Lead

Head of Greek Team

Maria Kastani
Greek Lead

Meg Sears
Director of Operations;
Co-Founder

Mohamed Fenzari
Arabic Project Manager

Muhammad Yaseen Sharifzai
Afghan Languages Project Manager

Gopalakrishnan Raghavan - Hindi Team Co-Lead

Radhika Gopalakrishnan
South Asian Languages Co-Lead

Ralph Olivier Pierre
Haitian Creole Co-Lead

Raman is the Kurdish Language lead at Respond Crisis Translation

Raman Salah
Kurdish Lead

Reema Goyal
South Asian Languages Co-Lead

Dahir - Somali Team Lead

Siham Dahir
East African Languages Project Manager

Head of Spanish Team, Co-Lead of Training Team

Tatiana García
Training Lead; Spanish Lead

Head of Afghan Languages Team

Uma Mirkhail
Afghan Languages Lead

Portuguese Team Co-Lead

Vanessa C. Ferreira
Portuguese Co-Lead

Head of Less Frequent and Marginalized Languages Team

Valentina Callari Lewis
Operations Associate; Community Manager

 

Board of Directors

Dr. Alex Hanna

Dr. Alex Hanna

Rhonda Jarrar

Fernanda de Oliveira

Juan Camilo Mendez

Nina Papachristou Board of Directors

Nina Papachristou

Tony Wood

Tech
Team

Aiden Leong,
UI/UX Designer

Dr. Bia Pousada
Data Analyst

Ghady K
CTO

Jonathan Nava
UI/UX Designer

Kal Walker
UX Designer & Researcher

Watch this video to meet the team:

Respond Interpreters and Translators around the globe

  • Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Belgium, France, India, The Netherlands, Turkey, UK, North America (mostly Toronto).

  • Algeria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Malta, Morocco, Mexico, Palestine, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, Syria, The Netherlands, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, UK, U.S., Yemen.

  • Australia, Austria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Malaysia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Poland, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Spain, The Netherlands, Togo, UK, USA, Zimbabew

  • Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay, USA

  • Australia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Italy, New Zealand, Taiwan, UK, USA

  • Argentina, Armenia, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Colombia, Cote D’Ivoire, Czech Repubic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Gabon, Germany, Greece, Haiti, India, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Peru, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, UK, U.S.

  • Brazil, Canada, Haiti, Mexico, USA

  • Germany, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Turkey, UK

  • Brazil, Chile, Spain, Turkey, USA

  • Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Crimea, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Khazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Mongolia, Nigeria, Poland, Russia, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, The Netherlands, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, UK, USA

  • USA

  • Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, U.S., UK, Spain, Nicaragua, Mexico, Italy, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Chile, Canada, Palestine, UAE, Germany, Venezuela, Guatemala, Hungary, Ireland, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine

  • Austria, Bangladesh, France, India, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Qatar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, The Netherlands, UK, USA

  • Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, The Netherlands, UAE, USA, Vietnam

  • Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iraq, Israel, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Turkey, UK, USA

  • Canada, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malaysia, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, UK, USA

  • Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Morcco, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, UK, USA, Venezuela

  • Australia, Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Liberia, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, The Netherlands, Ukraine, UK, USA

  If you have a question OR would like to be involved, please get in touch here.