Personal

- Name: Carla Diana Carochinho Mendes Cardoso
- Date of Birth: October 5th 1977
- Place of Birth: Cascais, Portugal

Education

- High School Completed in 1996, Secondary School of Cascais. (see
certificate)
- Obtained a Grade B in the First Certificate in English from Cambridge University in June 1997. (see
certificate)
- Completed the first year of Translation at ISLA - Lisbon, in 1998. (see
certificate)
- Concluded a Professional Secretary with Computer Skills program at ICS Learning Systems, Canada, in 1999. (see grades transcript
page 1 and page 2)
- Finished all courses with A+ average for the Certificate of Competence in the French Language at Mohawk College, Hamilton, Canada, in 2001. (see
progress report and certificate)
- CEAC course of Spanish with Excellent classification, completed in November 2003.
- Interpreter Program at Mohawk College (in progress).

Academic Works of Importance

- Translations (general texts, economic, journalistic and literary) from English and French to Portuguese, and vice-versa.
- Book reports (
Os Lusiadas, Viagens na Minha Terra, Os Maias, Le Desert, Le Passe-Murailles, Les Petits Enfants du Siecle, Brave New World)
- Poem analysis (
Shelley, Keats, Coleridge, Blake, Byron, Woodsworth, Camoes)
- Tale interpretations (
My Old Man, Cat in the Rain, A Soldier's Home, Otorhynolaringology Clinic)

Extra Curricular Activities

- Sports: ballet, traditional Portuguese Folklore dance, volleyball
- Literary: school paper contributor, author of a shrot story used by 5th graders to be illustrated white at ISLA
- First Aid Club: road prevention posters, measuring blood preassure

Work Experience

- Cashier at Jumbo Hipermercados and Continente Hipermercados in Cascais.
- Webmaster, dessert maker and menu translator  for Restaurante "O Pereira".
- Author for
Powerguides.com from September 2003 to January 2004 (Powerguides has been acquired by IGN).
- Fan-fiction writer and videogame reviewer for Grrlgamer.com since 2000.
- Managing Editor and PR Coordinator at Grrlgamer.com since January 2005.

Hobbies

- Reading, writing and drawing.
- Knitting and cross-stitching.
- Videogames and movies.
- Creating content for The Sims and The Sims 2.

References

Recommendation letter from Margaret Valadas, English teacher at ISLA.
Recommendation letter from Nick Gagala, English teacher at CLEC.
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