MARIBEL ALONSO was born in Cuba and raised in Spain where she studied English Philology at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Upon moving to the United States, she worked, first, in San Diego as a Computational Linguist helping develop the translation software used in Microsoft Word and then moved to Miami where she has been working as an interpreter in the health care, legal and business segments for the last 25 years.

In 2011, she became a State-Certified Court Interpreter in the State of Florida.

Since 2008, she works as a free-lance interpreter for the Miami Immigration Court. She is also an interpreter trainer who has prepared hundreds of professional and prospective Interpreters through her successful webinars.