April Cedillo is a MN state certified Spanish judicial interpreter. Ms. Cedillo is an experienced interpreter of depositions and arbitrations, and interprets in civil, criminal, and immigration courts . She holds a bachelors degree (Summa Cum Laude) in Spanish, and an academic professional certificate in Legal Translation and Court Interpreting. Ms. Cedillo is the manager and founder of Link Interpret, an interpreting agency based in Minneapolis and a certified woman-owned business (www.linkinterpret.com). Link Interpret specializes in providing experienced, certified interpreters of all languages for depositions and other legal proceedings, and provides conference interpreters for large events and business meetings. Ms. Cedillo is a member of professional associations ATA, NAJIT, and UMTIA. She was the communications chair on the board of directors of Lingua, a union- affiliated professional association of state court interpreters. In this capacity she testified to the MN State legislature and was instrumental in advocating for a pay raise for state interpreters. She has interpreted at 10 Miss Universe pageants and contracted with them to provide the 21 person interpreting team led by Link Interpret in 2015 and again in 2016. She is a frequent presenter to the State Bar Association on how to effectively work with interpreters.