Victoria Chávez-Kruse is an ATA-certified Spanish to English translator and editor with over ten years of experience in the medical and life sciences fields. She holds an MA in Translation from Kent State University’s Institute for Applied Linguistics and a BA in Spanish from Malone University. In 2016, Victoria co-founded the Black Squirrel Translator Collective, a collaborative group of translators providing translation and editing services. She has previously served on the board of the Northeast Ohio Translators Association and is currently a member of The Savvy Newcomer editorial team.