Valerie Mayer is the IMIA Texas Chapter Chair
Valerie Mayer was born and raised in Lima, Peru. Upon graduating with a B.S. in Communications from the University of Lima, she worked 19 years for the South American advertising industries in Peru, Chile, Argentina and California, as broadcast producer. In 2007 she joined Lopez Negrete Communications in Houston TX– one of the largest and most influential Hispanic agencies in the US. Her passion and deep interest in Social Communication, and her curiosity for the advertising human ingredient, led her to re-engineer her profession. By 2008, Valerie was unfolding her skills as Spanish Consecutive Interpreter working for Masterword Services Inc. and Accessible Signs, servicing all the mayor hospitals and institutions, such as Hermann Hospital, Saint Joseph Hospital, Woman’s Hospital, Texas Children’s Hospital, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, and the Office of Immigration and Refugee Affairs, just to name a few. Valerie is a CMI Spanish and the Supervisor for the Language Assistance Department at MD Anderson Cancer Center at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, TX. She is an active member of TAHIT, HITA, ATA, NCIHC, IMIA, and has participated as guest speaker for the course for Medical Interpreters at the Houston Community College for Health Care Providers Coleman College in 2013 and 2014. Valerie has a passionate commitment toward the Hispanic and Interpreters’ communities. She is constantly working on efforts to make the interpreters’ environment more cohesive, professional, and up to date. She is driven to be a part of the history that is being written in our current Health Care system.| 10/01/2020 | Texas State Vice Chair Position Vacant |
| 10/01/2020 | Texas State Secretary Position Vacant |
