Iman Bakour-Aziz Email & Phone Number

San Diego, CA

San Diego, CA

• Responsible for testing the proficiency of students in their home language (Arabic) where English is their second language while interpreting for parents and school staff during their meetings on an on-call basis

San Diego, CA

• Headed Syrian Outreach Grant by Leichtag foundation and JFS San Diego
• Independently researched, gathered data, met with organizations throughout Southern California, built and implemented strategies to assist with the establishment of the Syrian refugee population. Launching of “Syrian.
• Developed relationships with community-based organizations, employers, health care providers, schools, adult education institutions… Show more
• Developed relationships with community-based organizations, employers, health care providers, schools, adult education institutions, financial institutions and other organizations interested in supporting refugees
• Acted as the liaison between refugee resettlement agencies, donors, volunteers and refugee clients to ensure all resources were optimized to better serve the Syrian community as a whole by identifying key issues
• Created database to track all arrived Syrian refugees to ensure needs were met at an equal and individualized manner throughout the community Show less

Madrid, Spain

• Contributed to translation of the book, “ The Artistic Sense of Qurtuba” by José Miguel Puerta Vílchez, from Spanish to English

La Jolla, CA

• Instructor for conversational Arabic, dialect differentiation and culture of the Arab world in introductory, intermediate and advanced levels
• Prep lesson plan and presentations according to each course level, ensuring accuracy of information, quality of topic and ease of comprehension

La Jolla, CA

Research of Oil and Gas market in Middle East and South America

Carlsbad, CA

• Responsible for translating, subtitling and localizing materials and videos ranging from topics related to business, computer, soft skills, safety courses and adult continuing education from English to Arabic
• Became familiar with working through webpages, audio and video files (subtitling)
• Ensured high quality of work by following up on edit requests, cultural sensitivity, improving formatting, and continuous quality control

Riaydh, KSA

• Substituted for teaching staff when unable to be present at the school
• Coordinated with leader teacher to ensure students were on track with daily assignments and homework
• PTSA secretary (Parents-Teachers-Students Association of AISR)

San Diego, CA And Riyadh, KSA

• Private instructor for Arabic & Spanish for non-native speakers Arabic speakers and children ages 4-12 (Riyadh, KSA)
• Over the phone interpreter for Language Line Services (Monterey, CA)
• Distributed Arabic children’s book for families overseas

San Diego, CA

• Used Arabic, English and Spanish skills to find, review, categorize and enter Internet pages/sites/addresses into Websense, Inc.'s proprietary database

San Diego, CA

Private instructor of Arabic language for adults (San Diego, CA)Private instructor of Arabic and Spanish for children (Manama, Bahrain)

Redwood City, CA

• Acted as liaison between parents and students of Latin-American to assist with understanding U.S. educational system and communication between staff and non-English-speaking parents to resolve ongoing subjects

Palo Alto, CA

• Coordinated a project at manufacturing department
• Oversaw QC of production reports, preparation of new products reports, database maintenance and Solaris HTML site maintenance

Foster City, CA

• General administrative, office and receptionist duties including preparing PowerPoint presentations and Word documents, process invoices and Excel spreadsheets, distributing and sending mail, copying, filing, faxing.

Damascus, SY

• Responsible for attending the Counselor, scheduling appointments with government officials, foreign embassies and commerce officers.
• Ensured all office visitors and correspondence were properly attended to and matters were dealt with swiftly and courteously in Arabic, Spanish and English.
• Oversaw all accounting matters in regards to the office and Counselor

Damascus, Syria

• Held many responsibilities such as: administrative tasks, translating Arabic newspapers and magazine articles to Spanish, serving as a tour guide and Arabic-Spanish translator to visiting Argentine cultural.

Damascus, Sy

• Responsible of business relations with the Spanish market at Riad Seif & Co/ADIDAS in Damascus, Syria

Agriculture Engineering, Horticulture And Landscaping

Project Management Certificate Program (Pmcp), Project Management, Certificate Pf Pmcp

Diploma Of Advanced Spanish, Spanish Language And Culture