Heather L. Hayes:

• Certified in 1999 by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to interpret the Spanish language in federal court.

• Certified by the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts Interpreter Certification Program in 2003.
  
  
• Certified in 2009 by the Alabama Administrative Office of Courts.
  

• Diploma from Spain's Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia  for "Excellence in Spanish as  Foreign Language" (1992)

• "Nivell C" certificate of proficiency from El consorci per a la normalització lingüística, of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Catalan national Government. 

• Resided in Spain for 8 years; Catalonia for 3; England for 2 years; Republic of Ireland for 4 years.

• Over 20 years as freelance translator and interpreter.