Professionalism

Past performance includes:

University of Notre Dame
National Alliance to End Sexual Violence
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
Iowa Latinx Project
Iowa Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Gov. Kim Reynolds’ Daily COVID-19 Press Conferences on Iowa PBS
United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW)
Iowa Judicial Branch
Principal Financial Group
Grandview University
University of Iowa
Center for Migration Studies of New York

2019 Iowa People’s Presidential Forum

Expertise

Over a decade of experience as a community interpreter and translator, with ample understanding of legislative, political, and social movement terminology.

Court-certified Spanish interpreter in Iowa since 2015.

Intermediate fluency in French.

Excellence

Business Record’s 2024 Forty Under 40 class: Vanessa C. Marcano-Kelly

Recognized as “Iowan of the Week” by U.S. Representative Cindy Axne on Oct. 9, 2020

New Leaders Council Fellow, 2015

Latina Leadership Initiative of Greater Des Moines Alumna, 2014

LULAC Iowa Latino Leadership Award, 2014

Press

• DSM Magazine Jan/Feb. 2023: Global Flavors
• National Sexual Violence Resource Center Guest Blog: Lessons on access and justice from Vanessa C. Marcano-Kelly
• Iowa Starting Line: Understanding the importance of my voice
• CBS2 Iowa: Two Spanish-speaking interpreters help expand access to COVID-19 information
• We Are Iowa: Spanish-language translating key to providing latest coronavirus information to Iowans
• The New York Times: How Will Thousands of Latinos in Iowa Be Greeted at ‘El Caucus’?

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