/institute/ en /institute/advancing-your-career/career-guide/how-i-got-hired-freelance-portuguese-spanish-english-court-and Nathalia Rio Preto made a big leap when she left her native Brazil to pursue her master’s degree at the Middlebury Institute, and yet another one when she transitioned from localization back to interpretation after the pandemic. She has no regrets. 2025-08-28T11:20:24-0700 Nathalia Rio Preto TI/TLM ‘21 45460 /institute/advancing-your-career/career-guide/how-i-got-hired-assistant-manager-interpreter-services-stanford Alix van Buskirk built on her intensive translation and interpretation graduate program to secure a career in health care at leading hospitals in California. 2025-08-08T16:39:21-0700 Alix van Buskirk MATI '09 45407 /institute/advancing-your-career/career-guide/how-i-got-hired-chief-data-officer-office-undersecretary-defense Cyrus Jabbari shares how he was able to bring together his political science background and niche skills honed at Middlebury Institute to serve as the first-ever data chief for his office. 2025-08-07T14:18:10-0700 Cyrus Jabbari MANTPS ’20 45405 /institute/advancing-your-career/career-guide/how-i-got-hired-media-programs-manager-planet Anne Pellegrino leveraged the open-source intelligence skills she honed as a graduate research assistant at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies to land a job at a top satellite imagery firm. 2025-06-13T10:54:39-0700 NPTS '18 45375 /institute/advancing-your-career/career-guide/how-i-got-hired-web-and-tech-project-manager-sai-programs International Education Management graduate Robin Riebman shares how her coursework and connections with classmates helped her launch a career in international education. 2025-04-25T10:52:03-0700 Robin Riebman MAIEM ’23 45276 /institute/advancing-your-career/career-guide/how-i-got-hired-academic-writing-instructor-stony-brook Alum Tom English shares how his Middlebury Institute education prepared him to teach academic writing to students preparing for study abroad programs in the U.S. 2025-04-18T09:37:07-0700 Tom English MATESOL ’24 45275 /institute/advancing-your-career/career-guide/how-i-got-hired-lecturing-fellow-fuqua-school-business-duke Daniel McCarthy shares how his Middlebury Institute education and focus on language program administration prepared him for his career in higher education, where he now leads curriculum updates and student support initiatives at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. 2025-04-09T10:39:50-0700 Daniel McCarthy MATESOL ’15 45294 /institute/advancing-your-career/career-guide/how-i-got-hired-senior-global-educator-arizona-state-university Alum Kaitlin Decker shares how her Middlebury Institute education and Peace Corps experience prepared her for a career in instructional design and teacher education at Arizona State University. 2025-04-02T15:22:09-0700 Kaitlin Decker MATESOL ’14 45231 /institute/advancing-your-career/career-guide/how-i-got-hired-freelance-conference-interpreter-1 Conference Interpretation graduate Anna Suades Vall shares how the rigorous training she received and building relationships with peers has helped her launch a career as an interpreter. 2025-03-31T12:18:05-0700 Anna Suades Vall MACI ’16 45225 /institute/advancing-your-career/career-guide/how-i-got-hired-localization-program-manager-instagram Translation and Localization Management graduate Autumn Smith shares how her coursework and active networking helped her launch a career in localization. 2025-03-07T11:37:02-0800 Autumn Smith MATLM ’21 45007